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INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Astrological Miscellany 29 

Brief Business Laws 35 

Calendar for the years 1809, 1815, 1826, 1837, 1843, 1854 5 

Calendar for the years 18G5, 1871, 1882, 1893, 1899... 6 

Calendar for the years 1810, 1821, 1827, 1838, 1849, 1855 7 

Calendar for the years 1866, 1877, 1883, 1S94, 1900 ". 8 

Calendar for the years 1805, 1811, 1*22, 1833, 1839, 1850 9 

Calendar for the years 1861, 1867, 1878, 1889, 1895 10 

Calendar for the years 1806, 1817, 1823, 1834, 1845 11 

Calendar for the years 1851, 1862, 1873, 1879, 1890 12 

Calendar for the years 1801, 1807, 1818, 1829, 1835, 1846 13 

Calendar for the years 1857, 1863, 1874, 1885; 1891 14 

Calendar for the years 1802, 1813, 1819, 1830, 1841, 1847 15 

Calendar for the years 1858, 1869, 1875, 1886, 1897 16 

Calendar for the years 1803, 1814, 1825, 1831, 1842, 1853 17 

Calendar for the years 1859, 1870, 1881, 1887, 1898 18 

Calendar for the leap years 1804, 1832, 1860, 1888 19 

Calendar for the leap years 1816, 1844, 1872 20 

Calendar for the leap years 1828, 1856, 1884 21 

Calendar for the leap years 1812, 1840, 1868, 1896 22 

Calendar for the leap years 1824, 1852, 1880 23 

Calendar for the leap years 1808, 1836, 1864, 1892 24 

Calendar for the leap years 1820, 1848, 1876 25 

Choice Life Maxims 37 

Choice Bits of Miscellany 72-96 

Concise Business Rules 34 

Days of the Week — Their Importance at the Natal Hour 26 

Dreams and their Interpretation 42-52 

Fortune Telling 53-57 

Health Maxims 37-38 

Legal Holidays in Various States 36 

Origin of Familiar Words and Phrases 39—41 

Physiognomy 32-34 

Predictions of the Weather , 30-31 

Sickness — Lucky and Unlucky Days */... 2 7-2 8 

Synopsis of Historical Events during the Last Hundred Years 58-72 



fir^QDVcrtofi. 



/*\ne hundred years ago the thirteen original states were poor 
and feeble colonies, with a population of scarcely three mil- 
lions. These have now expanded into a mighty empire extending 
westward to the shores of the Pacific, and comprising on the 
north the Arctic regions of Alaska, while the three millions have 
grown into a population of sixty millions. 

One hundred years ago railways, steamboats, the telegraph 
and the telephone were unknown and there was little machinery 
of any sort; the mortar, the pestle, the saddle bags, and the 
tinder box were things of daily use. What a contrast with the 
surroundings now. 

One hundred years ago the agriculture of our country was 
in the most primitive condition. Farmers were ignorant of every 
thing like the scientific cultivation of their land ; the plough, hoe, 
spade, harrow, fork, scythe and sickle composed almost the en- 
tire list of their implements, but year by year, labor saving machines 
have been produced and improved, until farm labor has been com- 
pletely revolutionized in the United States, and now the science of 
agriculture holds its place among the most important sciences of 
the age. 

The mineral wealth of this country is inexhaustible. 
Treasures of gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, quicksilver, coal and 
petroleum have been and are continually being discovered in va- 
rious parts of the country, but the development of the mines has 
really only begun, and large as their proceeds are there is little 
doubt that what is yet concealed in the bowels of the earth is 
vastly in excess of what has been revealed. 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1809, 1815, 1826, 1837, 1843, 1854. 



JA2. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


w. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. S. 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 














1 1 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 j 7 , 8 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 1 14 1 15 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 | 21 22 




29 


30 


31 












23 


24 


25 


26 


27 28 , 29 






| 










AUG. 


30 


31 








FEB. 








1 


2 


3 


4 






1 


2 


3 


4| 5 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 12 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 ! 18 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 1 S i 1 9 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 | 25 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 j 25 26 




26 


27 


28 






I 


SEPT. 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 ! ! 


MARCH 








1 


2 


3 


4 










1 | 2 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 : 8 9 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 ! 15 16 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 | 25 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 22 2 \ 




26 


27 


28 ! 29 


30 


31 1 


OCT. 


24 


25 


26 


27 | 28 i 2« 


APRIL 












1 1 


1| 2 3 


4 5 6 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 8 




8 ! 9 1 10 


11 | 12 ; 13 14 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




15 16 ! 17 


18 


19 


20 i 2 1 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




22 ', 23 24 


25 


26 , 27 ; 28 




23 


24 


25 


2.6 


27 i 28 


29 




29 j 30 3 1 




~" \w~ 




30 








1 




NOT. 


• 


1 

8 


2J 3 4 


MAY 




i| 


3 


4 


5 


6 


5 


6 : 7 


9 | 10 11 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11- 


12 


13 




12 


13 14 


15 


16 


17 18 




14 , 15 


16 


17 


lS 


19 


20 




19 


20 ! 21 


22 


23 24 . 25 




21 J 22 

28 i 29 


23 

30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 




26 


27 '• 28 ' 29 


30 i 






1 1 




1, 2 


JUNE 










1 


2 


3 


DEC. 


3 


4 


5 6 


7 


8 9 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




10 


11 


12 13 


14 


1 




11 


12 

> 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




17 


18 


19 ! 20 


21 


22 23 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




24 


25 


26 27 28 ; 2! 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 1 




31 


1 I 







ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1865, 1871 


, 1882, 


1893, 1899 






JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M.I 


T. 


W. 


T.j 


F. S. 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 












| 1 1 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




2 


3 


4 


- 


6 ; 7 : 8 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 , 1 1- 15 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 22 




29 


30 


31 












23 


24 


25 


28 


27 


28 ; 29 








' 1 








AUG. 


30 


31 










5 


FEB. 






| ll 2| 3 


4 






1 


2 


3 


1 




5 


6 


7| sT 


10 


11 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 12 




12 


13 


14 


15 | 16 


17 


18 




13 


14 


15 


16 


" 


18 1 19 




19 


20 | 21 | 22 ! 23 


24 


25 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 26 




26 i 27 I 2S j 






SEPT. 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






MARCH 




1 


1 


2 


3 


4 












1 


2 




5 


6 7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




12 


13 | 14 


15 


16 


17 


IS 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




19 


20 2.1 % 


22 


23 


24 


25 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




26 


27 | 28 29 


30 


31 




OCT. 


24 


25 


26 


27 I 28 


29 


30 


APRIL 












1 


1 


2 


3 


4 5j 6; 7 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 1 13 14 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15' 




15 


16 


17 


IS 19 ; 20 : 21 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21' 


22 




22 


23 


24 


25 


7 ! 28 




23 
30 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


NOV. 


29 


30 


31 






5 


6 


7 


1 
8 


2 
9 


3: 4 


MAI 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


10 : 11 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




21 
28 


22 

29 


23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


DEC. 


26 


27 


2S 


29 I 30 








i 


3 


4 




7 


11 2 


JUNE 


i 






1 


2 


3 


5 


6 


8 9 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


r 


17 


IS 


19 


20 


21 


22 23 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 | 30 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 i 




31 










I 



ALMANAC OF THE XL :ETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1810, 1821, 1827 


, 1838, 


1849, 1855, 




JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W.J T. 


F. S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. | T. i W. 


T. 


F. 


s. 






1 


2 


3 


* 


5 | 6 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




7! 8 


9 


10 , 11 


12 1 13 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




14 


15 


16 


17 18 19 '20 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




21 


22 23 


24 ' 25 ' 26 27 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




28 


29 | 30 


31 


AUG. 


29 


30 


31 










FEB. 




1 


| 1 


2 


3 








1 


2 


3 


4 




4 


5 


6 


7| 8 


9 


10 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




11 


12 


13 


14 | 15 


16 


17 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


X 


18 


19 


20 


21 22 


23 


24 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




25 


26 1 27 


28 i 




~ 


SEPT. 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




MARCH 




1 1 1 


2 














1 




4 


5 


6 7 8 


9 


10 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




11 


12 


13 


14 15 


16 


17 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




25 


26 


27 28 


29 


30 


31 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 






i 








OCT. 


30 








i 






APRIL 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




1 


2 


3 


.4 


5 


6 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




7 


' 8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




14 


15 


18 


17 


18 


19 


20 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




29 


30 












NOT. 


28 


29 


30 


31 








MAY 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 










1 


2 


3 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 10 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 17 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




27 


28 


29 i 30 


31 i 




DEC. 


25 


26 I 27 


28 


29 


30 ; i 


JUNE 












1 


2 














1 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




16 


17 


18 


10 




22 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




23 


24 


25 


'7 28 


29 




















80 1 81 







ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1866, 1877, 1883, 1894, 1900. 



JAN. 


S. 


M.I T. 

i 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. j F. ! S. 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




1 


2 


3 


4 | 5 | 6 | 7 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 14 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




22 


23 


24 


25 1, 26 ! 27 j 28 




28 


29 


30 


31 








AUG. 


29 


30 


31 




i 


FEE. 










1 


2 


3 








1 


o 


3 


4 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 j 18 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 j 25 




25 


26 


27 


28 








SEPT. 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


"^■'! _ 


MARCH 










1 


2 


3 












1 




4 


5 


6 


7 


, 8 


9 


10 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


OCT. 


23 
30 


24 


25 


26 


27 


2S 


29 


APRIL 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




1 


2 


3 


4| 5 


6 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




7 


8 


9 


10 | 11 12 13 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




14 


15 


16 


17 18 19 , 20 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




21 


22 


23 


24 25 26 27 




29 


30 












NOT. 


28 


29 


30 


31 i 


MAY 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 






| 1 2 


3 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 9 


10 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 16 


17 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 23 


24 




27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






DEC. 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 . 30 




JUNE 












1 


2 












1 




3 


4 


5 


6 


i-r 


8 


9 




2 | 3 


* 


5 


6 7 


8 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 14 


15 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




16 


17 


IS 


19 


20 21 


22 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 : 28 


29 




















30 


31 






1 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1805, 1811, 1822, 1833, 1839, 1850. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W.| T. P. | 


s. 


july! s. 


M. ! T. ; W. T.' F. S. 




i 


1 


2 


3 


4, 5 






1 1 2 | 3 4 5 | 6 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 12 




7 


8 


9 10 11 ; 12 13 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




14 


15 


16 | 17 j 1-8 19 | 20 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




21 


22 


23 24 : 25 : 26 27 




27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






• 

AUG. 


28 


29 


30 ; 31 


FEB. 












1 


2 








12 3 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




4 


5 


6 7 I Sj 9 | 10 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




11 


12 


13 | 14 15 16 | 17 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




18 


19 


20 | 21 22 | 23 24 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 






SEPT, 


25 


26 27 28 ! 29 1 30 : 31 


MARCH 












1 


2 


1 1 2 1 a k 4 | o 1 6 V 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




8 


9 


10 11 


12 1 13 j 14 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 \ 21 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




29 


30 








1 




31 


















1 








APRIL 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


OCT. 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




28 


29 


30 










NOT. 


27 


28 ! 29 


30 


31 






MAY 








1 


2 


3 


4 








1 


2 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




3 | 4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




10 J 11 12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25. 




17 | 18 1 19 I 20 


21 


22 


23 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




DEC. 


24 1 25 ! 26 ! 27 i 28 


29 I 30 


JUNE 














1 


1 j 2 | 3 1 4 


5 


6 


7 




2 


3 


4 | 5 


6 


7 


8 






9 10 1 11 


12 


13 


14 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 29 




29 


30 


31 












30 




1 1 






1 i 




! 



"io 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1861, 1887, 1878, 1889, 1S95. 



JAN, 


S. JM.j T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. ; M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 








1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




! 1 


2| 3' 4 


5 


6 




6 


7 | 8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




7 8 


9 10 11 


12 13 




13 


14 15' 


16 


17 


18 


19 




14 15 


16 17 ! 18 


19 20 




20 


21 22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




21 22 


23 


24 25 : 26 ! 27 




27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






AUG. 


28 29 


30 | 31 | 


FEB. 












1 


2 


1 






1| 2 


3 




3 


4 


5 


6 


•>\ 


9 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 ! 10 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 16 | 17 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




18 


19 


20 


21 ; 22 23 | 24 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 








25 


26 ! 27 28 ' 29 ' 30 ! 31 


MARCH 










1 


2 


SEPT. 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 j 6 


7 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 | 13 


14 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 20 | 21 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 i 27 | 28 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




29 


30 












31 














OCT. 










1 




APRIL 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 






1 


2 


3 | 4 


5 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




6 


7 


8 


9 


io ! n 


12 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




28 


29 


30 










NOT. 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 i 




BSAY 








1 


2 


3 


4 












1 


2 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




26 


27 


28 : 29 


30 


31 




DEC. 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


JUNE 








1 




1 


1 


o 


3 


4 


5 


6: 7 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


S 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 14 


9 


JO 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 21 


! 10 


17 


IS 


19 


20 


21 


22 




22 23 


24 


25 26 27 28 


' 23 


24 


25 


26 27 


28 


29 




29 30 


31 




30 































LMAXAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



11 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1806, 1817, 1S23, 1831, 1845. 



JAN. S. 


M. 


T. W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M.| T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 








! i 


2 


3 


4 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




5 


6 


7 8 


9 


10 


11 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




12 


13 


14 15 


16 


17 


18 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 19 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


1 


AUG. 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




FEB. 
























1 2 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




3 4 


5 j 6 


7 


S l 9 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




10 11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




16 


17 


IS 


19 


20 


21 


22 




17 | 18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 






24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


















SEPT. 


31 












MARCH 










1 




1 


2 


3 


. 4 


5 


6 




2 3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




9 10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




16 


17 


IS 


19 


20 


21 


22 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 27 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


OCT. 


28 


29 


30 










30 31 


5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 

10 


4 


APRIL 




J l| 2 


3 


4 


5 


11 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




20 

27 


21 


22 


23 

30 


24 


25 


26 


NOY. 


26 


27 28 


29 


30 


31 






28 1 29 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 


MAI 








1 


2 


3 


8 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




16 


17 


IS 


19 


20 


21 


22 




IS | 19 


20 


21 


22 1 23 


24 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




25 26 , 27 


28 


29 | 30 1 31 


DEC. 


30 














JUNE 


1 


2 


3 1 4 


5 


6 


7 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




7 


8 


9 


10 11 


12 


13 




15 


16 


17 


IS 


19 


20 


21 




14 


15 


16 


17 | 18 


19 


20 




22 


23 


24 25 


26 


27 


28 




21 


22 


23 


24 25 


26 


27 




29 


30 












28 29 


30 I 31 i 





12 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1851, 1862, 1873, 1879, 1800. 



JA> T , 


S. M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S.I 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. ! T. : F. S. 




! 




1 


2 


3 


4 








1 


2 3 ! 4| 5 




5 6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 | 11 ; 12 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




13 


14 


15 


16 17 i 18 19 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




20 


21 


22 


23 24 , 25 26 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


1 


AUG. 


27 


28 


29 


30 31 


FEB. 
















1 2 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 - 9 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 | 15 ' 16 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




17 


18 


19 i 20 


21 j 22 23 




.23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 






24 


25 


26 


27 


28 : 29 1 30 


















SEPT. 


31 




MARCH 












1 




1 


2 3 4 


5 


6 




2 


3 


4 5 


6 


7 


8 




7 


8 


9 1 10 ' 11 


12 


13 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




14 


15 | 16 


17 


IS 


19 


20 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




21 


22 ! 23 : 24 


25 


26 


27 




23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


OCT. 


28 


29 J 30 1 




5 


6 


| ll 2| 3] 


APRIL 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


7 8 9 


10 11 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




12 


13 


14 15 16 


17 


18 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




.19 


20 


21 ' 22 23 


24 25 




20 

27 


21 

28 


22 
29 


23 
30 


24 


25 


26 


NOT. 


26 


27 1 28 i 29 30 31 ; 






1 1 


MAY 










1 


2 


3 




2 


3 


4 


5 6 7 8 

1 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




9 


10 


11 12 13 14 15 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




16 


17 18 19 20 21 22 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




23 


24 : 25 . 26 1 27 j 2S 29 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


DEC. 


30 


1 


JUKE 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




1| 2 


3 4 1 5 6 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




7 


8 9 


10 


11 12 13 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




14 


15 16 17 18 | 19 | 20 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


2S 




21 


22 23 24 25 26 2 7 




29 


30 














28 1 29 ! 30 I 31 1 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 



13 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1801, 1807, 1818, 1829, 1835, 1846. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 












1 


2 


3 










1 


2 


3 


4 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




5 


6 7 


8 9 


10 


11 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




12 


13 


14 


15 16 


17 


18 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


AUG. 


26 


27 28 


29 


30 


31 




FEB. 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 














1 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




2 


3 


4 5 


6 


7 


8 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


















SEPT. 


23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 | 29 


MARCH 


1 
8 


2 

9 


3 


4 


5 
12 


6 
13 


7 
14 


j 




10 11 






1| 


3 


4 5 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 12 


t 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




13 


14 


15 16 


17 


18 


19 




29 


30 


31 












20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 j 26 


APRIL 


5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 4 


OCT. 


27 


28 


29 I 30 1 


1 




10 


11 










1 


2 


3 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




11 


12 13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




26 
3 


27 


28 


29 


30 






NOV. 


18 
25 


19 
26 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


MAY 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 
8 


2 
9 


27 1 28 


29 I 30 


31 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




31 














DEC. 


29 


30 












JUNE 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 20 




13 14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




21 


22 1 23 


24 25 


26 


27 




20 21 1 22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




l 28 2 ) ! 30 ! ! 1 1 




27 28 29 80 31 







14 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1857, 1863, 1874, 


1885, 


1891 


• 




JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


s. 


JULY 




M.| T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 












1 


2 


3 










1 


2 


3 


~ 




4 


5 6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




11 


12| 13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


AUG. 


26 


27 | 28 


29 


30 


31 




FEB. 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 














1 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




9 


10 


11 | 12 


13 


14 


15 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


SEPT. 


16 
23 
30 


17 

24 


18 

25 


19 

26 


20 | 21 1 22 

27 | 28 29 


MARCH 


1 
8 


2 
9 


3 

10 


4 
11 


5 
12 


6 
13 


7 
14 


31 i 










1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




29 


30 


31 


. 






OCT. 


20 
27 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


APRIL 


5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 

10 


4 
11 


28 ! 29 ! 30 1 












12 


3 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 






NOV. 


18 
25 


19 


20 | 21 


22 

29 


23 

30 


24 


MAY 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


26 i 27 i 28 


31 




1 2 


3 


4 5 


6 


7 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




17 
24 
31 


18 
25 


19 

26 


20 
27 


21 

28 


22 
29 


23 
30 


DEC. 


15 116 
22 23 
29 i 30 


17 
24 


18 
25 


19 
26 


20 
27 


21 

28 


JUNE 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 






1 2| 3 


4 5 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




6 7 


81 9 S 10 


11 1 12 




14 
21 

28 


15 
22 

29 


16 
23 
30 


17 

24 


18 

25 

_ 


19 20 
26 j 27 

~~r~ 




13 j 14 ; 15 16 : 17 18 : 19 
20 21 22 23 24- 25 j 26 
27 1 28 29 SO [ 31 1 1 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



15 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1802, 1813, 1819 


, 1830, 


1841, 1817. 




JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W.| T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. F. 


s. 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 
8 


2 
9 




4 


5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 
10 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 i 17 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




31 












AUG. 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




FEB. 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




28 














SEPT. 


29 


30 


31 










MARCH 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 








1 


2 


3 


4 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




28 


29 


I 30 i 31 








OCT. 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 






APRIL 










1 


2 


3 












1 


2 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




18 i 19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




25 j 26 27 


28 


29 


30 1 


NOT. 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


MAY 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 
8 








1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




30 


31 












DEC. 


28 


29 


30 










JUNE 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 








1 


2 


3 


4 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




13 
20 


14 
21 


15 
22 


16 
23 


17 
24 


18 
25 


19 
26 




12 
19 


13 
20 


14 
21 


15 

22 


16 j 17 | 18 
23 24 j 25 




27 


28 


29 1 30 










26 


27 1 28 


29 ! 30 1 31 1 



16 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR TOR THE YEARS 1858, 1869, 1875, 18S6, 1897, 



JAN. 


S. 
3 


M. 

4 


T. 
5 


W. 

6 


T. 

7 


F. 

1 
8 


S. 
2 

9 ) 


JULY 


S. 
4 


M. 
5 




6 


W. 
7 


T. 
1 

8 


F. 
2 
9 


S. 

3 

10 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




1.7 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




31 














AUG. 










5 


6 




FEB. 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


1 


2 


3 


4 


7 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




28 














SEPT. 


29 


30 


31 1 








MARCH 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 






, 1 


2 


3 


4 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




28 1 29 I 30 


31 








OCT, 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 






APRIL 










1 


2 


3 












1 


2 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




25 


26 1 27 I 28 


29 ! 30 1 


NOY. 


24 
31 

7 
14 


25 

1 

8 

15 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


MAY 


2 
9 

16 


3 
10 
17 


4 
11 

18 


5 
12 
19 


6 
13 
20 


7 
14 
21 


1 

8 

15 

22 






2 

9 

16 


3 
10 
17 


4 
11 

18 


5 
12 
19 


6 

a 

20 




23 

30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


DEC. 


21 

28 


22 
29 


23 
30 


24 


25 


26 


27 


JUNE 


6 


7 


i 

8 


• 

2 
9 


3 

10 


4 
11 


5 
12 


5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 
10 


4 
11 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




27 


28 


29 


30 1 








26 


27 


28 


29 30 


31 





ALJVIANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



17 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1803, 1814, 1825, 1831, 1842, 1853. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 




• 












1 














1 2 




2 
9 


3 
10 


4 
11 


5 

12 


6 
13 


7 
14 


8 
15 




3 

10 


4 
11 


5 

12 


6 
13 


7 
14 


8 9 
15 16 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 23 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 | 30 




30 


31 












AUG. 


31 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




FEB. 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




27 


28 












SEPT. 


28 


29 


30 


31 








MARCH 


6 7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 

10 


4 
11 


5 

12 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 

10 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




27 I 28 


29 


I 30 


31 






OCT. 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




APRIL 












1 


2 














1 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


NOY. 


23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


MAY 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




29 


30 


31 










DEC. 


27 


28 


29 


30 








JUNE 








1 


2 


3 


4 










1 


2 


3 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




19 
26 


20 
27 


21 

28 


22 



29 


23 
30 


24 


25 




18 
25 


19 
26 


20 
27 


21 

28 


22 
29 


23 24 

30 | 31 



18 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE YEARS 1859, 1870, 1881 


1887, 


1898. 




JAN. 


s. |m. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 
















1 














1 


2 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




3 


4 


5 


7 


8 


9 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


' 


10 


il- 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




17 


ls 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


39 




30 


31 












ATO. 


31 














FEB. 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


2© 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




27 


28 












SEPT. 


28 


29 


30 


31 








MARCH 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 










1 


2 


3 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






OCT. 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 I 


APRIL 












1 


2 














1 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


NOT. 


23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


MAY 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




6 


7 


8 


. 9 


10 


11 


12 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




29 


30 


31 










DEC. 


27 


28 


29 


30 








JUNE 








1 


2 


3 


4 










1 


2 


3 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 








25 


26 


27 28 


29 


30 


31 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



19 



CALENDAR FOR THE LEAP YEARS 1804, 1832, 


1860, 1888 


. 




JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14, 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


- 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




22 23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




29 


30 


31 










1 AUG. 


29 


30 


31 










FEB. 








1 


2 


3 


4 








1 


2 


3 


4 




5 


6 


7 | 8 


9 


10 


11 


/ 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




12 


13 


14 | 15 


16 


17 


18 


\ i 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


nr 




19 


20 


21 22 


23 


24 


25 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




26 I 27 


28 1 29 








SEPT. 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




MARCH 










1 


2 


3 














1 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




11 

18 


12 
19 


13 

20 


14 
21 


•15 
22 


16 
23 


17 
24 


if - 

i - 


9 
16 


10 

17 


11 

18 


12 
19 


13 

20 


14 
21 


15 
22 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


\ 7 

/ 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




1 














OCT. 


30 














APRIL 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


"" 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




29 


30 












NOV. 


28 


29 


30 


31 








MAY 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 










1 


2 


q 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




27 


28 29 


30 


31 






DEC. 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


,30 




JUNE 












1 


2 














1 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 



20 



ALMANAC OP THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE LEAP YEARS 1816, 1844, 1872. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


i 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


1 


28 


29 


30 


31 








AUG. 


28 


29 


30 


31 








FEB. 










1 


2 


3 










1 


2 


3 


| 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


' 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


j 


25 


26 


27 


28 I 29 






SEPT. 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


MARCH 












1 


2 


















3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


i 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




31 














OCT. 


29 


30 












APRIL 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




28 


29 


30 










NOV. 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






MAY 








1 


2 


3 


4 












1 


2 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




DEC. 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


JUNE 














1 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




29 


30 


31 












30 





























ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



21 





CALENDAR FOR THE LEAP YEARS 1828 


, 1856, 


1884. 






JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F.. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 




1 


1 
8 


2 
9 


3 

10 


4 
11 


5 

12 








1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




6 


7 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


IS 


19 




20 21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 | 26 




27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






AUG. 


27 


28 


29 


30 31 


i 


FEB. 












1 


2 








l 


2 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 8 


9 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 I 15 


16 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




17 


18 


19 20 21 


22 


23 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




SEPT. 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


MARCH 












1 








2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




1 


2 


3j 4j 5 


6 


• 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15' 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 12 


13 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




14 


15 


16 


17 18 19 


20 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




21 


22 


23 


24 | 25 | 26 


27 




30 


31 












OCT. 


28 


29 


30 i 1 




APRIL 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




1 


1 2 


3 


• 4 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




12 


13 


14 


15 16 17 


18 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 25 




27 


28 


29 


30 








NOV. 


26 


27 


28 


29 I 30 


31 




MAY 










1 


2 


3 














1 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


DEC. 


23 
30 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


JUNE 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




29 


30 














28 


29 


30 ! 31 









22 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 



CALENDAR FOR THE LEAP YEARS 1812, 1810, 1868, 1896. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


\y. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. | T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


' 








i 


2 


3 


4 










1 2 


3 


4 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


- 


5 


6 .7 


8 9 


10 


11 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




12 


13 14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




19 


20 21 


22 


23 24 25 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




AUG. 


26 


27 | 28 


29 


30 j 31 


FEB. 














1 








1 


1 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


.7 


8 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 1 14 


15 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




23 


24 


25 


26 ! 27 


28 


29 


SEPT. 


23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


MARCH 


1 
8 


2 
9 


3 
10 


4 
11 


5 
12 


6| 7 






13 


14 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




^15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




29 


30 


31 












20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 










1 






OCT. 


27 


28 


29 


30 








APRIL 








1 


2 


3 


4 










1 


2 


3 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




12 


13 


14 15 


16 


17 


18 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


i, 


19 


20 | 21 | 22 


23 


24 


25 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




26 


27 I 28 I 29 


30 






NOT. 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


MAY 












1 


2 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




15 


16 


17 


IS 


19 


20 


21 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


P 






























■ 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




29 


30 














31 














DEC. 














JUN1 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




20 


21 


22 23 


24 


25 


26 




28 


29 


30 












27 


! 28 


29 30 31 | 





ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



23 



CALENDAR FOR THE LEAP YEARS 1824, 1852, 1880. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 

1 


F. 
2 


S. 
3 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 

1 


F. 
2 


S. 
3 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




4 


5 


6 


7 8 


9 


10 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


AUG. 


25 26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


FEB. 


1 


2 3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




22 


23 


24 25 


26 


27 


28 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




29 










SEPT. 


29 


30 


31 








MARCH 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 








1 


2 


3 


4 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




21 


22 


23 


24 25 


26 


27 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




28 


29 


30 


31 1 






OCT. 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 






APRIL 










1 


2 


3 












1 


2 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


• 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




NOT. 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


MAY 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


1 
8 








1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




30 


31 












DEC. 


28 


29 


30 










JUNE 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 








1 


2 


3 


4 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




5 
12 


6 
13 


7 
14 


8 
15 


9 
16 


10 

17 


11 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


18 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


• 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 25 


. 


27 


28 


29 


30 










26 


27 


28 


29 


30 I 31 1 



24 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



CALENDAR FOR THE LEAP YEARS 1808, 1836, 1864, 1892. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 

1 


S. 
2 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 

1 


S. 
~2 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




31 














AUG. 


31 














FEB. 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 




28 


29 












SEPT. 


28 


29 


30 


31 








MARCH 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 










1 


2 


3 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


TT 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




27 


28 29 


30 


31 






OCT. 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 




APRIL 












1 


2 














1 




3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


»0Y. 


23 
30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


MAT 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




29 


30 


31 










DEC. 


27 


28 


29 


30 








JUNE 








1 


2 


3 


4 










1 


2 


3 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


• 


11 


12 


13 1 1'4 


15 


16 


17 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


- 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 








25 


26 


27 1 28 


29 


30 


31 



ALMANAC OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



25- 



CALENDAR FOR THE LEAP YEARS 1820, 1848, 1876. 



JAN. 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 


JULY 


S. 


M. 


T. 


W. 


T. 


F. 


S. 
















1 


1 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




23 

30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


AUG. 


23 

30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


FEB. 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 






1 


2 


3 


4 


5 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 


19 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 


26 




27 


28 


29 










SEPT. 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 






MARCH 








1 


2 


3 


4 












1 


2 




5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 




3 


4 


5 


.6 


7 


8 


9 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 


23 




26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 




OCT. 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


APRIL 














1 


1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 




2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 




8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14T 




9 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 




15 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 




16 


17 


18 


19 


20 


21 


22 




22 


23 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 




23 
30 


24 


25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


NOV. 


29 


30 


31 












5 


6 


7 


1 

8 


2 
9 


3 

10 


4 


MAY 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


11 




7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


12 


13 




12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


18 




14 


15- 


16 


17 


18 


19 


20 




19 


20 


21 


22 


23 


24 


25 




21 

28 


22 
29 


23 

30 


24 
31 


25 


26 


27 


DEC. 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 








3 

10 


4 
11 


5 
12 


6 
13 


7 
14 


1 

8 

15 


2 


JUNE 


4 


5-* 


6 


7 


1 
8 


2 
9 


3 

10 


9 
16 




11 
"l8~ 


12 
19 


13 
20 


14 
21 


15 
22 


16 
23 


17 
24 




17 
24 


18 
25 


19 
26 


20 
27 


21 
28 


22 
29 


23 
30 




25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 






31 















26 DAYS OF THE WEEK. 



DAYS OF THE WEEK. 

THEIR IMPORTANCE AT THE NATAL HOUR. -_, 

Sunday. A child born on Sunday shall be of long life and 
obtain riches. 

Monday. Weak, and of an effeminate temper which seldom 
brings a man to honor. 

Tuesday is more unfortunate still, though a child born on 
this day, may, by extraordinary Yigilence, conquer the inordinate 
desires to which he will be subjected ; still in his reckless attempts 
to gratify them, he will be in danger of a violent death. 

The child born on Wednesday will be given to a studious life 
and shall reap great profit therefrom. 

A child born on Thursday shall attain 'great honor and 
dignity. 

Whosoever is born on Friday shall be of strong constitution, 
and perhaps addicted to the pleasures of love. 

Saturday is another bad day, but notwithstanding, the child 
may come to good, though it be seldom, for most children born 
on this day are of a heavy, dull and dogged disposition. 



He that by the plough would thrive, 

Himself must either hold or drive ; 

For age and want save while you may, 

No morning sun lasts a whole day. 

Get what you can, and what you get, hold. 

'Tis a stone that will turn all your lead into gold; 

Therefore, be ruled by me I pray, 

Save something for a rainy day. 



SICKNESS— LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS. 27 



SICKNESS. 

LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS. 

Whoever in the first day of any month fall sick or is attacked 
with any infirmity, the third day ensuing is to be feared, which, if 
he pass, he shall escape. 

Those falling ill on the second day of any month, though they 
be long confined, shall yet recover. 

Any illness commencing on the third day of any month will 
certainly terminate favorable. 

Those falling sick on the fourth day will probably linger until 
the twenty-eighth, which, if they pass, may possibly recover. 

Those taken ill on the fifth day may become very low, but 
will recover. 

Persons falling sick on the sixth day may recover if they pass 
the fifth day of the ensuing month, but they will stand a poor 
•chance of recovery. 

The seventh is a lucky day, and one falling sick on this day 
will recover, even though having to endure great suffering. 

The eighth day is an unfortunate one, and those falling ill on 
it will not be likely to survive. 

Illness commencing on the ninth day will not usually prove 
fatal . 

Illness commencing on the tenth day is liable to prove fatal. 

The eleventh day is remarkably fortunate for those falling sick 
on it ; they will speedily recover. 

It is a bad omen to be taken sick on the twelfth day of any 
month, for unless you recover within two or three days you will 
most certainly die within the year. 

Those falling sick on the thirteenth day, if they pass five days 
they will likely recover. 

The fourteenth is a lucky day, and those taken sick on it will 
recover in foity-eight hours. 



28 SICKNESS— LUCKY AND UNLUCKY DAYS. 

Those falling ill on the fifteenth day may experience long and 
lingering illness, which will probably prove fatal. 

Those taken on the sixteenth day may escape after some weeks 
of illness. 

Persons falling ill on the seventeenth day are almost sure to 
die within three weeks. 

The eighteenth is a lucky day, and those falling sick on that 
day will undoubtedly recover. 

The nineteenth the same, though the sickness may last much 
longer. 

The twentieth is an uncertain day, and sickness commencing 
on this day frequently terminates fatally if it continue more than 
five days. 

The twenty-first day perils ones life for ten days, that time 
passed, you will recover. 

Those falling sick on the twenty-second, if they do not recover 
in forty-eight hours, will die. 

Those taken sick on the twenty-third will stand a chance of 
lingering illness, which will probably terminate favorably. 

The twenty-fourth is another unlucky day, and those falling 
ill on that day, though they be partially restored, will probably 
die within three months. 

The twenty-fifth is a very favorable day, and those falling 
sick will get well speedily. 

The twenty-sixth portends a protracted illness, which will 
terminate favorably. 

The twenty-seventh threatens death, though the chances of 
recovery are fair. 

Death threatens him or her who falls ill on the twenty-eighth. 

Persons who are taken sick on the twenty-ninth day, will 
have a very protracted illness and recover slowly. 

The thirtieth and thirty-first are uncertain days, and to per- 
sons falling sick on either of these days, it cannot be foretold 
whether they will recover or not. 



ASTROLOGICAL MISCELLANY. 29 



ASTROLOGICAL MISCELLANY. 

FORTUNATE DAYS OF THE MONTH. 

In January, six days, the 1st, 2d, 15th, 26th, 27th, 28th. 

In February, four days, the 11th, 21st, 25th, 26th. 

In March, two days, the 10th, 24th. 

In April, five days,>he 6th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 28th. 

In May, three days, the 3d, 18th, 31st. 

In June, five days, the 10th, 11th, 15th, 22d, 25th. 

In July, three days, the 9th, 15th, 28th. 

In August, six days, the 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 19th, 25th. 

In September, five days, the 4th, 8th, 17th, 18th, 23d. 

In October, five days, the 3d, 7th, 16th, 21st, 22d. 

In November, three days, the 5th, 14th, 20th. 

In December, six days, the 15th, 19th, 20th, 22d, 23d, 25th. 

UNFORTUNATE DAYS OF THE MONTH. 

In January, seven days, the 3d, 4th, 6th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 
21st. 

In February, seven days, the 3d, 7th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 
23d. 

In March, eight days, the 1st, 2d, 5th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 28th, 
29th. 

In April, two days, the 24th, 25th. 

In May, five days, the 17th, 20th, 27th, 29th, 30th. ' 

In June, eight days, the 1st, 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 
24th. 

In July, four days, the 3d, 10th, 17th, 18th. 

In August, two days, the 15th, 20th. 

In'September, two days, the 9th, 16th. 

In October, six days, the 4th, 9th, 11th, 17th, 27th, 31st. 

In November, four daj^s, the 3d, 9th, 10th, 21st. 

In December, two days, the 14th, 21st. 



30 WEATHER PREDICTIONS. 

.-■ _ : — — 

PREDICTIONS OF THE WEATHER, 

ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES, ETC. 

Should the horizon in the north wear a ruddy appearance in 
the evening, stormy weather may be expected. 

If the clouds in the south are ruddy in the evening, sunshiny 
and rainy weather will alternately prevail for some time after- 
ward. 

When the face of the moon is partially obscured by a light, 
thin vapor, rain will shortly follow. 

When the sun's rays at mid-day are more than ordinarily 
dazzling, rainy weather will shortly succeed. 

In summer, when the swallows fly close to the ground, rainy 
weather will surely soon follow. 

The shrill crowing of a cock during rainy weather at mid-day 
or evening, is a sign of approaching dry weather. 

When the smoke from the chimney falls downward instead of 
rising upward, rainy weather will soon follow. 

If on a foggy morning in summer the fog rises upward, it will 
be a fine day ; if the fog falls to the ground it will be wet. 

When in summer time you see the cattle grazing in a field 
gathering together in groups, be assured that a thunder-storm is 
approaching. 

When you see the fowls in a barnyard flocking together under 
some cover, be assured that unpleasant weather is near at hand* 

When your dog or cat is more than ordinarily restless, frisk- 
ing about the house in all directions, be assured that boisterous 
weather will shortly follow. 

In summer, when the atmosphere is dense and] heavy, and 
there is scarcely a breath of air, be assured that a thunder-storm 
is coming on. 

When the rising sun appears like a solid mass of heated metal, 
and no rays appear to emanate therefrom, fine and dry weather 
may be confidently anticipated. 



WEATHER PREDICTIONS. 31 

When the sun sets in a halo of ruddy brightness, genial and 
bright weather may be fully relied on for the next day. 

When the moon appears of a ruddy hue, stormy and boister- 
ous weather may be expected. 

When the stars appear of a sparkling brightness, fine and 
genial weather may be expected to prevail for some time ; should 
they appear obscure and dim, changeable and rainy weather may 
be anticipated. 

When sea birds are observed flocking towards the shore, 
storms and tempests may be confidently expected. 

When in the early autumn season the migratory birds are seen 
flocking together and taking their departure, it is a sure sign that 
rough weather is approaching, and that a severe winter may be 
expected. 

When the doves around a dovecot make a more than ordinary 
cooing and frequently pass in and out of their cot, it is a sign that 
a change of weather is near. 

When the robin approaches your dwelling, it is a sign that 
wintry weather is close at hand. 

When there is a thick vapory mist resting on the tops of high 
hills in the morning and remains during the day, wet and unpleas- 
ant weather maybe expected. Should the mist eventually rise up- 
ward and be evaporated by the sun's rays, a return to dry weather 
may be looked for ; if, however, the mist falls down into the val- 
ley, a continuation of wet weather will prevail. 



32 PHYSIOGNOMY. 



PHYSIOGNOMY. 

Strengh of Body is shown by stiff hair, large bones, firm 
and robust limbs, short muscular neck, firm and erect carriage, 
head broad and high, forehead short and peaked, large feet, harsh 
voice, and florid complexion. 

Weakness of Body is distinguished by a small ill propor- 
tioned head, narrow shoulders, soft skin and pale complexion. 

Long Life is indicated by strong teeth, sanguine tempera- 
ment, middle size, large, deep and ruddy lines in the hand, large 
muscles, stooping shoulders, full chest, firm flesh, clear complex- 
ion, slow growth, wide ears, and large eyelids. 

Short Life may be inferred from a thick tongue, the appear- 
ance of the molars before the age of puberty, thin, uneven teeth, 
confused lines in the hand, and quick but small growth. 

Intellect is denoted by thin skin, middle stature, bright eyes, 
fair complexion, straight and fine hair, eyebrows joined, affable 
manner, moderation in mirth, and the temples slightly concave. 

A Dunce may be known by a swollen neck, a round head, 
fleshy forehead, pale dull eyes, snuffling nostrils, little hands, 
blubber lips, short fingers and thick legs. 

Fortitude is promised from a wide mouth, s*ow, grave and 
always equal, open, steadfast eys, hair high above the forehead, 
the forehead square and high, the neck firm though not fleshy, 
large chest, and dark complexion. 

Intrepidity often resides in a small body, with ruddy counter 
nance, frowning eyebrows, small mouth, prominent nose, and, 
large lines in the hand. 

Boldness is characterized by a prominent mouth, rugged 
appearance, rough forehead, arched eyebrows, large nostrils and 
teeth, short neck, strong arms, ample chest, and square shoulders. 

Timidity resides where we find a concave neck, pale color, 
weak eyes, soft hair, plump breast, shrill voice, thin lips, broad 
thin hands and small shambling feet. 



PHYSIOGNOMY. 33 



Prudence is distinguished by a head which is flat on the sides, 
broad square forehead, soft voice, broad chest, thin hair, bright 
eyes, large ears and aquiline nose. 

Irascibility may be seen in an erect carriage, clear skin, solemn 
voice, open nostrils,. thick neck, quick pace, bloodshot eyes, large 
and unequal teeth. 

Melancholy is denoted by a wrinkled face, dejected eyes, 
slow pace, fixed look, and deliberate respiration. 

Amorousness shows a fair, slender face, hair exuberant on 
head, face and limbs, moist shining eyes, wide nostrils, and prom- 
inent lips. 

Gaiety shows a rosy agreeable countenance, musical voice, 
an agile body and soft flesh. 

Envy appears with a wrinkled forehead, frowning, dejected 
look, pale countepance and dry, rough skin. 

^Gentleness may be distinguished by a soft and moist palm, 
frequent shutting of the eyes, soft movement, slow speech, and 
fine hair. 

Bashfulness may be discovered by moist half closed eyes, 
moderate pace, slow speech, and blushing countenance. 

Sobriey is accompanied by equal respiration, regular features, 
easy carriage and sedate manners. 

Mental Strength is signified by straight hair, a small body, 
shining eyes, grave, intense voice, broad back and shoulders. 

Good Memory is common in those peisons who are small, 
yet better formed in the upper than the lower parts, delicate skin, 
crooked nose, thick teeth, large ears. 

Bad Memory is observable in persons who are larger in their 
superior than inferior parts, hairy hands and body, coarse skin. 
Good Sight is enjoyed by those persons who have black, thick, 
straight eyelashes, large bushy eyebrows. 

Hearing is most acute in those whose ears are well furnished 
with cartilage, well channeled and hairy. 

Smelling is most perfect in those who have large noses, de- 
scending very near the mouth, neither too moist nor too dry. 



34 CONCISE BUSINESS RULES. 

Tasting is dainty in such as have a spongy soft tongue, well 
moistened with saliva. 

Delicacy of Touch is remarked in those who have sensitive 
nerves, soft skin, moderately warm and dry. 



CONCISE BUSINESS EULES. 

The intelligent and upright business man regulates his con- 
duct by fixed principles and established methods. 

He is strict in keeping his engagements. 

He does nothing carelessly or hurriedly. 

He don't intrust to others what he can easily do himself. 

He don't leave undone what should and can be done. 

Frank with all, he keeps his plans and views to himself. 

He is prompt and decisive in his dealings and don't over trade. 

He prefers short credits to long ones, and cash to credit always. 

He is clear and explicit in his bargains. 

He don't leave to memory what should be in writing. 

He keeps copies of all important letters sent, and files carefully 
all papers of value. 

He don't allow his desk to be littered, but keeps it tidy and 
well arranged. 

He keeps everything in its proper place. 

He keeps the details of his business well in hand and under his 
own eye. 

He believes that those whose credit is suspected are not to be 
trusted. 

He often examines his books and knows how he stands. 

He has certain times for balancing his books and sending out 

accounts that are due. 

He never takes money risks that can be avoided and shuns 
litigation . 

He is careful about expenses and keeps within his income. 
He don't postpone until to-morrow what can be done to-day. 
He is' extremely careful about endorsing for any one. 
To claims of real need he responds generously. 



BRIEF BUSINESS LAWS. 35 



BRIEF BUSINESS LAWS. 

1. Ignorance of law excuses no one. 

2. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. 

3. The law compels no man to do imxDossibilities. 

4. An agreement without a consideration is void. 

5. Signatures made with a lead pencil are good in law. 

6. A receipt for money paid is not legally conclusive. 

7. The acts of one partner bind all the others. 

8. Contracts made on Sunday can not be enforced. 

9. A contract made with a minor is invalid. 

10. A contract made with a lunatic is void. 

11. Contracts for advertising in Sunday newspapers are in- 
valid. 

12. Principals are responsible for the acts of their agents. 

13. Agents are responsible to their principals for errors. 

14. Each individual in a partnership is responsible for the 
whole amount of the debt of the firm. 

15. A note given by a minor is void. 

16. Notes bear interest only when so worded. 

17. It is not legally necessary to say on a note "for value re- 
ceived." 

18. A note drawn on Sunday is void. 

19. A note obtained by fraud or from a person in a state of 
intoxication can not be collected. 

20. If a note be lost or stolen it does not release the maker; 
he must pay it. 

21. The endorser of a note is exempt from liability if not 
served with notice of its dishonor within twenty-four hours of its 
non-payment. 



36 LEGAL HOLIDAYS IN VARIOUS STATES. 



LEGAL HOLIDAYS IN VAEIOUS STATES. 

January 1st, or New Year's day, is a legal holiday in all the 
states except Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and North and 
South Carolina. 

February 22d, or Washington's birthday, is a legal holiday in 
all the states except Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, 
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, 
Tennessee and Texas. 

t May 30th, or Decoration day, is a legal holiday only in Col- 
orado, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jer- 
sey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Vermont. 

January 8th, the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, 
February 12th, the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 
and March 4th, the Firemen's anniversary, are legal holidays in 
Louisiana. 

July 4th, Independence day, is a legal holiday in all the states 
and territories. 

December 25th, Christmas day, is a legal holiday in all the 
states and territories. 

Thanksgiving day and public fast days appointed by the 
president, are legal holidays. Such days are legal holidays in such 
states as may set them apart for religious observance by procla- 
mation of the govenor. 

Days appointed for General Elections, State or National, are 
legal holidays in California, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, New 
York, Oregon, South Carolina and Wisconsin. 

Good Friday is a legal holiday in Louisiana and in the cities 
of Mobile, Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. 

Memorial Day, April 20th, is a legal holiday in Georgia. 

March 2d, the anniversary of the Independence of Texas, and 
April 21st, the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, are legal 
holidays in Texas. 



CHOICE LIFE MAXIMS. 37 



CHOICE LIFE MAXIMS. 

1. Affectation is at best a deformity. 

2. Ask thy purse what thoushouldst buy. 

3. Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in excTii-^ug 
him. 

4. Before you attempt anything, consider what you can do. 

5. By reading you enrich the mind, by conversation you 
polish it. 

6. Consideration is due to all things. 

7. If you would teach secrecy to others begin with yourself. 

8. In order to judge of ano ther's feelings remember your own. 

9. Let your anger set with the sun, but not rise with it. 

10. None have less praise than those who seek most after it. 

11. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more 
saucy. 

12. Rage robs a man of his reason, and makes him a laugh- 
ing stock. 

13. Apply the golden rule to your every act and thought. 



HEALTH MAXIMS. 



^on't sleep in a draught. 

Don't go to bed with cold feet. 

Don't stand over hot air registers. 

Dod't try to cool too quickly after exercising. 

Don't eat merely to save food and get your moneys worth 

Don't sleep with insecure false teeth in your mouth. 

Don't sleep in a room without proper ventilation. 

Don't stuff a cold lest you be obliged to starve a fever. 

Don't neglect constipated bowels. 

Don't use your voice much when very hoarse. 



38 HEALTH MAXIMS. 



Don't try to get along without woolen underclothing in 
winter. 

Don't sleep in the same undergarment you w r ear during the 
day. 

Don't try to keep up on coffee and alcohol when you ought to 
go to bed. 

Don't drink ice water rapidly ; sip it quite slowly. 

Don't bring on baldness and headache by wearing close warm 
head covering. 

Don't try to lengthen your days by cutting short your night's 
rest. 

Don't ruin your eyes by reading or working by dim or 
flickering light. 

Don't experiment -with drugs because you fancy yourself sick. 

Don't eat between meals, unless it should be ripe fruits or a 
glass of hot milk. 

Don't imagine that stimulants will help you to bear heat or 
cold. 

Don't eat pork or veal when you can get beef or mutton. 

Don't expect to cure dyspepsia by using pastry and rich fruit 
cake. 

Don't neglect to keep the feet warm, the head cool and the 
bowels open, in order to promote health. 

Look to your health, and if you have it, praise God, and value 
it next to a good conscience, for health is the second blessing that 
we mortals are capable of— a blessing that money cannot buy. 
Value it. 

Surround the sick man with the pomp of royalty, let his 
couch be a throne and his crutch a sceptre. He will look with con- 
temptuous eye on marble, on gold, on purple, and would deem 
himself happy could he enjoy even under a thatched roof the 
health of the meanest of his subjects. 



ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR WORDS AND PHRASES. 39 



ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR WORDS AND PHRASES. 

Almighty Dollar. Washington Irving first employed the ex- 
pression in his " Creole Village." 

Argus Eyed. According to Grecian fable, Juno being jealous 
of Io, had her constantly watched by Argus, who had a hundred 
eyes. 

Barking Dogs Never Bite. Barking is a habit acquired in a 
domesticated state, as dogs in a wild state never bark, but whine, 
growl, or howL 

Beware of After Claps. An after clap is something follow- 
ing after an affair is supposed to be over ; in thunderstorms a clap 
is often heard after the rain subsides and the cloud breaks. . 

Billingsgate. Coarse, vulgar language, like that of the 
Billingsgate fish woman. 

Black Mail. Money, corn or cattle, anciently paid in the 
north of England to free-bo oters to insure for themselves protec- 
tion from pillage. 

Blind as a Beetle. The door Beetle, although not blind as is 
usually supposed, in its rapid flight blunders against any obsta- 
cle as if it could not see. 

Bohemian. A term attached to artists and literary men of 
unsettled manner of living. 

Bonfire. A fire made as an expression of public joy or for 
amusement. 

Booby. A dunce, a stupid fellow. 

Brother Jonathan. The original was Jonathan Trumbull, 
governor of Connecticut, to whom Washington, when in a strait 
for supplies, always applied to, saying : " We must consult Brother 
Jonathan." 

Bull. A blunder or contradiction, for which the Irish are 
phenomenal. 

Bury the Hatchet. Forget the past ; derived from the In- 
dians, who buried their hatchets, scalping knifes, and war clubs, 
to bury the thought of hostility out of sight. 



40 ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR WORDS AND PHRASES. 

Catch a Tartar. To be outdone. An Irish soldier in a battle 
against the Turks, shouted to his officer that he had caught a 
Tartar. "Bring him along!" said the officer. "But he won't 
come. ,, " Then come along yourself !" "Arrah! and so I would but 
he won't let me," answered Paddy. 

Come up to the Scratch. An allusion to prize fighting, 
where a line is scratched on the ground, which the toe of the 
fighter must come up to. 

Dog Days, from July 3 to August 11, the Romans thought 
that the dog star rising with the sun increased its heat, hence 
the dog days possessed the combined heat of the dog star and 
the sun. 

Father of His Country. Cicero was styled so by the Romans. 
Andrea Dorea by the Genoese, 1468-1560. George Washington 
by the Americans, 1732-1799. 

A Nice Berth. A fortunate position. 

In the Long Run. In running a race one may outstrip the 
others at the start, but be the last in the long run. 

Blow Him up Sky High. Give him a regular scolding ; bor- 
rowed from blasting by gunpowder. 

Let the Cobbler Stick to His Last. Said by Appeles to a 
conceited cobbler who found fault with one of his famous paint- 
ings. 

Like it or Lump it. If not pleased, sulk; in Devonshire 
"lumps" is equivalent to "sulks." 

Old Scratch. Satan from Schraatz a Scandinavian demon. 

Pawnbroker. The sign of three golden balls took its origin 
from three gilded pills, used by the Medici family in token of 
their profession of medicine. They were rich Florentine merchants, 
who lent money. 

Schoolmaster Abroad. Lord Brougham once said : Let the 
soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There 
is another personage abroad, it is the schoolmaster, and I trust 
t*» ISim, armed with his Primer, against the soldier in full array. 



ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR WORDS AND PHRASES. 41 

Shaking Hands. In ancient times when in concluding an ar- 
mistice, adversaries took each other by the weapon hand as a 
safeguard against treachery. 

Signing the Name. In olden times those who could write as 
well as those who could not, added the sign of the cross for its 
greater assurance. 

Taking off the Hat. Derived from the ancient custom of re- 
moving the helmet when not in danger ; hence a man lifting his 
hat shows that he is not afraid to remain unarmed in ones pres- 
ence. 

A Feather in your Cap. A mark of distinction. This origi- 
nates with the wild tribes of Asia and America, who added a new 
feather to their head-dress for every enemy slain. 

That's a mere Blind. A pretence; something to conceal a 
real design. 

There's many a Slip twixt Cup and Lip. Ameaus, king of 
Samos, planted a vineyard, but was warned by a seer that he 
would never drink of the wine made from its grapes. Wine hav- 
ing been made, he was in the act of raising the cup to his lips, 
when he was told that a wild boar was laying waste his vineyard. 
He left the wine untasted and attacked the boar, but was killed 
and never tasted the wine ; hence the proverb. 

To Reckon without One's Host. Is to make an estimate from 
your own standpoint, regardless of considerations from another 
point of view. Guests may culculate their own bills, but the host 
will introduce items which they have not taken into account. 

Up the Spout. Pawnbrokers formerly sent articles pawned 
up a spout, through which they were returned when redeemed. 

With one Foot in the Grave. Very near death. Julian is re- 
ported to have said that he would learn something even if he had 
one foot in the grave. 



42 DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 

DKEAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 

Although many differences exist as to the origination of 
dreams, and the various interpretations given them, the fact is in- 
controvertible that they have, in all ages and among all nations, 
borne a conspicuous part in shaping destinies. Both sacred and 
profane history is replete with dreams which have had more or 
less influence upon the lives of the dreamer* Innumerable are the 
instances in which have been prefigured in dreams, occurences that 
have actually taken place, and many dangers have been averted 
by heeding warnings given during sleep. Of course, it would be 
unwise to place full credence in the prognostications of all dreams 
and equally so to totally disregard them. To both the educated and 
the illiterate, dreams of whatever nature, point a moral, and those 
who heedlessly ignore their lessons often experience cause for re- 
gret. In the following pages will be found a complete collection o£ 
the scientific and philosophic researches of many gifted in the art 
of divination. 

Acquaintance, to fight with them, distraction. Adversary, 
a speedy dispatch of your business. Almonds, difficulties. Alms, 
to give, joy and gladness ; to refuse, want and misery. Anchor, 
certain joys, assurance. Altar, yoj. Angel, a good omen. 
Anger, powerful enemies. Angling, afflict ion and trouble. Apes, 
enemies, deceit. Asses, a good sign. Articles of dress, white, 
innocence; black, death of a friend; dirty or torn, misfortune. 
Apples, long life and success. Apricots, health and prosperity. 
Attorneys, hindrance of business. Assassin, be on your guard. 
Auction, a bad omen. Ants, idleness, negligence. Asparagus, 
profit, success. Artichokes, pain, embarrassment. Acorn, evil 
reports. Aged man, prudence. Aged woman, scandal. 

Bear, danger; to kill one, honor and power. Bleeding, to 
bleed, loss of goods and character; to draw blood of another, suc- 
cess in love and trade. Blind, to be blind, losses in business, un- 
faithful servants. Boat, to be alone in a boat, a bad sign ; in com- 



DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 43 

pany, success ; upset in one, a most fatal omen. Bridge, to cross 
one, prosperity and success in love; a broken bridge, sudden 
death. Bread, success in life. Brother, to see one, a speedy 
marriage in the family. Buildings, change of residence. Bulls, 
defamation of character. Burning, sudden danger. Butcher, 
misery. Banquet, want. Bat, a bad omen. Barn, well stored, 
much good; empty, the reverse; burning, gain. Bathing, in 
clearwater, happiness ; in dirty water, shame and sorrow. Bells, 
ringing, a speedy marriage, good news. Bees, to be stung by 
them, loss of character; for the rich, unlucky, but to the poor, 
comports Beard, to a man, a long full beard, good fortune; to a 
married woman, loss and distress; to a maid, speedy marriage. 
Battle, secret enemies. Beans, trouble and dissention. Beets, 
freedom from trouble. Burial, news of the living. Birds, sing- 
ing, a journey; to catch them, profit and pleasure; a bird's nest, 
increase of fortune. Blossoming trees, joy and comfort. Brew- 
ing and baking, an ill housewife. Broth, to eat, profit and gain. 
Buried alive, to be, great wealth. Burned, to be, riches and 
honor. Basket, to men, ill; to woman, good. Bonnet, to 
women, a new lover. Buttons, sadness and misfortune. Barley, 
good fortune. Ball, perfidy. Barber, deceit. Baker, gain. 
Beggar, unexpected help. Bottles, a feast; empty, sickness. 
Brandy, degrading pleasure. Brook, clear, lasting friendship; 
troubled, domestic quarrels. Bishop, death of a distant relative. 
Burial, marriage. Butter, great su rprise. 

Cards, success in love and business. Cats, trouble. Cattle, 
fat, plenty; lean, scarcity. Coach, to ride in one, poverty and 
disgrace. Coals, burning, a good sign; extinguished, death. 
Cook, wedding. Corn, success. Crown, dignity. Crutches, 
a bad omen. Currants, happiness and success in life. Church, 
disappointment. Cakes, happiness. Cheese, profit in trade. 
ChickEx\s, bad luck. Clouds, white, a prosperous voyage; dark, 
anger. Cai -rpillars, danger from secret enemies. Chains and 
all kinds of jewelry are good dreams to women. Cheeks, fat and 
rosy, good to all; lean and pale, grief. Cart, t© draw one, servi^ 



44 DFEAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 

tude ; to be drawn in one, others will serve you. Coal pit, mar- 
riage with a widow. Combing, you will better your condition. 
Comfort, to the rich, injury; to the poor, aid. Crocodile, pirates 
and robbers. Cross, sadness. Children, prosperity. Climbing, 
success in life. Cherries, disappointment and vexation. Cucum- 
bers, health to the sick, and moderate success in trade. Coffin, 
death of a friend or relation. Camel, riches. Cow, abun- 
dance. Calf, certain gain. Cock, pride, power. Crow, arefusal 
Canary, death of a friend. Crabs, a lawsuit. Chestnuts, home 
troubles. Cypress, dispair. Cabbage, health, long life. Cauli- 
flower, sickness. Cavern, quarrel, loss. Cardinal, unexpected 
gain. Carpenter, arrangement of affairs. Cobbler, ill paid 
labor. Cellar, full, renown ; empty, health . Cider, distant herit- 
age. Chocolate, illness. Coffee, dissipation. 

Disease, speedy employment. Dragon, great treasures. Danc- 
ing, joyful news, success in love. Deer, v ar and famine. Dice, for- 
tunate in love and trade. Dirt, sickness and dishonor. Ditches, 
precipices or rocks foretell many dangers. Dogs, friendly, a lucky 
sign; barking and snarling, danger from secret enemies. Drown- 
ing, good to the dreamer. Death, to be dead, success and speedy 
marriage; to see another dead, unkind usage. Drunkenness, a 
happy marriage with -wealth. Dairy, to a maid, a rich and 
honored husband ; to the farmer, abundant crops. Devil, dangers 
to be overcome. Drink, cold water, good; hot, sickness ; wine, 
good; oil, poison. Dunghill, success in all undertakings. Daisits, 
in spring and summer, good ; but bad in fall and winter. Dande- 
lions, injuries from secret enemies. Duck, profit and pleasure; 
to kill one, mistortune. Dove, happiness at home. Diamonds, 
brief happiness. Doctor, honor, happiness. Dwalf, great dan- 
ger. Dyer, embarrassed affairs. Dinner-party, reconciliation. 

Eagle, riches and honor. Eggs, success in love and trade; 
broken, quarrels and poverty. Elephant, riches and speedy 
marriage. Eclipse, of the moon, loss of a dear female friend ; of 
the sun, loss of a dear male friend Earthquake, a change of af- 
fairs. Execution, you will be asked to relieve grtat distress. 



DREAMS AND THED2 INTERPRETATION. 45. 

Ears, fair and well shaped, great renown; deformed, the contrary. 
Bating, losses in trade and disappointment in love. Enemy, a 
caution to beware. Eels, if you hold them, honor and happi- 
ness; if they escape you, disappointments. Embroidery, love. 
Epitaph, indiscretion. 

Face, swelled, wealth. Fall, to fall from a high place, loss of 
place and goods. Feet, to wash them, molestation and trouble. 
Fan change of affairs. Furniture, to be pleased with it, health 
and prosperity; to display it, trouble or a funeral. Fishpond, 
you will thrive. J lesh, to increase, gain ; to lose it, losses. Flies, 
many enemies; to kill them, a good omen. Forest, trouble. 
Fields, health ?nd happiness. Figs, prosperity. Fighting, loss 
of character and property. Fire, bright, good news ; smoky, 
brief joy. Fish, to catch them, success in love and business ; to 
catch none, disappointment. Fingers, bleeding from a cut, pros- 
perity ; to lose one, loss of friends and goods. Fleas, a bad sign ; 
to kill the m, triumph. Floods, great opposition from rich neigh- 
bors. Flowers, fresh, happiness and success ; wilted, loss in trade 
and death in the family. Flying, elevation of fortune, prosper- 
ous journey. Fountain, clear water, riches and honor; muddy, 
vexation and trouble. Fox, many difficulties. Frogs, success in 
love and trade. Fruits, ripe, happiness and riches ; green or out 
of season, sickness ; rotten, poverty. Funeral, a speedy marriage 
or acquisition :>f wealth. Files, profitable business. Ferry, 
■•ndecision. Fair, pickpockets and thieves. Fawn, peril. Fal- 
con, Increase of fortune. Funeral service, alegacy. Feathers, 
white, joy, friendship; black, loss. Friend, quarrel and reconcili- 
ation. Footman, dangerous journey. 

Gloves, brief pleasure. Ghost, marriage in the family; if it 
speaks, prepare for death. Gallows, riches and honor. Garden, 
elevation to fortune and dignity. Geese, success, riches and 
fidelity. Giants, a good omen. Gifts, to receive, some good will 
happen to you; to bestow, adversity. Glass, inconstancy, bad 
success; broken, misfortunes. Globe, will become a great trav- 
eler. Gold, success after difficulties. Good, to do good, pleasure; 



46 DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 

to receive, profit and gain. Gooseberries, many children and 
success in your present pursuits. Grapes, happiness and success 
in trade. Grave, to see one, sickness; to go into one, loss of 
property ; to come out of one, a rise in the world ; to help another 
out of one, you will save the life of a friend. Goat, white, pros- 
perity; black, sickness. Garland, hope. Grain, profit and gain. 
Games, at ball or top, trouble and pain. Gin, short life and many 
changes. Guns, danger and adversity. 

Hay, honor and influence. Hills, assistance in difficulties. 
Hail, great sorrow. Hair, cowardice. Hands, to work with 
the right, good fortune; with the left, bad luck. Handed, a rise 
above your present condition. Hat, torn or dirty, damage and 
dishonor ; one that pleases you, joy and profit. Horns, dominion, 
grandeur. Horse, running, prosperity; to s<e one dead, losses in 
business. Hunger, to be hungry, you will gain an estate. Hat- 
red, to hate or be hated, is ill. Heaven, grandeur and glory. 
Head, to have one larger than ordinary, dignity, esteem. Hens, 
joy and profit. Hornets, false tongues. House, to build, a 
good omen; on fire, hasty news. Hunting, trouble through 
false friends. 

Ice, betrayed confidence. Infant, to a woman, trouble ; to a 
man, good. Inn, poverty and want of success. Inouest, pros- 
perity. Idiot, long life, pleasure and profit. Iron, damage and 
losses. Ignoming, a sudden rise in the world. Illumination, 
war, quarrels among relatives. Injury, many friends. Ink, 
black, disgrace; red, good news. 

Jollity, a good and prosperous dream. Jessamine, good 
luck. Jeopardy, to be in, you will be fortunate. Jubilee, a for- 
tune left by a relation. Jockey, a good turn of affairs. Jug, a 
journey. Juniperberries, honors and dignity. Jail, .0 see others 
in, loss of liberty; to be in jail, a higher station in life. Jewels, 
on the road to happiness. Jury, romantic adventures. Judge^ 
punishment. Jew, trickery. 

Kill, to kill someone, success in business ; to be killed, loss to 
him who killed you. Keys, favorable to those in trade; to find 



DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 47 

one, an addition to your estate ; to lose one, vexation. Knives, 
poverty, disgrace. Kissing, to kiss the living, great store of good 
cheer; to kiss the dead, long life. Kite, danger from thieves. 
Kitchen, arrival of a friend. 

Ladder, to ascend one, honor; to descend, damage. Lamb, 
to see one, comfort ; to feed or kill one, torment. Leaping, many 
difficulties. Legs, scabby or itchy, trouble and care; a wooden 
leg, from good to bad. Letters, to receive, true love; to write, 
success. Leopards, ostentation; to surprise one, pride brought 
down; to pursue one, triumph over evil reports. Lettuce, diffi- 
culties. Lemons, quarrels in the family. Lion, future dignity; 
to kill one, rapid fortune; to hear one roar, danger. Looking- 
glass, children to the married; to the unmarried, a lover. Leap- 
year, the best and most lucky of dreams. Lands, joy, riches, and 
a happy marriage. Lantern, sickness and poverty. Laurel, 
victory and pleasure. Law, expense and trouble. Lizard, ill 
luck through secret enemies . Logs, the call of a stranger. Light, 
honor and riches. Lightning, change of place. Lilies, in season, 
a good sign; out of season, blasted hopes. Linen, clean, glad 
tidings ; dirty, poverty and disappointment. Lean, to be, law- 
suits, sickness. Lice, to kill them, great riches and deliverance 
from enemies. Lying, to lie is a bad omen. Lake, peaceful, con- 
tent; rough, trouble. Legacy, to receive one, debts and unhap- 
piness. Laughing, sorrow and weeping. Lamp, burning, pros- 
perity; extinguished, death of a friend. Losses, a gift, pleasant 
news. Liquors, speedy good fortune. Lawyer, a friend's mar- 
riage. Locksmith, robbery. Lame man, misfortune. 

Malice, pleasant prospects. Mansion, expect some calamity. 
Market, good to those in trade. Marriage, death, poverty, 
misfortune. Milk, profit; to spill it, unlucky. Madness, long 
life, riches. Mice, success in love and prosperity. Meat, loss and 
damage. Measles, profit and wealth through infamy. Mi re, 
toil and trouble to be overcome. Monkeys, deceit, malice. 
Mountains, to ascend, you will become rich and arrive at gi eat 
honors. Music, pleasant, joyful news ; unpleasant, trouble and 



43 DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 



vexation. Money, to receive, speedy marriage; to lose, deceit. 
Moon, sudden joy; overclouded, sickness. Mother, to see her 
living, joy; dead, misfortune. Melons, to the sick, recovery. 
Monuments, to the sick, speedy recovery ; to the healthy, good 
luck. Mad dog, success will crown your efforts. Murder, tid- 
ings from a long absent friend. Musician, peace and comfort. 
Mule, obstinacy. Mills, a legacy from a relation. Mirror, 
treason ; broken, death of a child. Mustard, quarrels. Money 
lender, persecution. 

Nakedness, to see a man naked, fear; a fair, handsome 
woman, honor and joy; an ill made woman, shame, ill luck. 
Night walks, trouble and melancholy. Nutmegs, many changes. 
Navigation, ship or boat, danger. Negroes, ominous of evil. 
Nose, to have a large one, prosperous affairs. Nosegay, withered 
hopes. Nails, long growing nails, riches and happiness. Nuts, 
to see them, wealth ; to crack them, unfaithfulness. Needles, to 
a woman, a pleasant journey ; to a man, perplexity. 

Olives, dignities, success. Onions, domestic strife. Oysters, 
gluttony, low pleasures. Ocean, to one about to go on a journey, 
a lucky sign. Orphans, profits and riches from a stranger. 
Office, to be turned out of, death and loss of property. Oil, to 
be annointed with, to a woman, good fortune; to a man, shame. 
Oven, a hot oven, change of place. Owl, sickness and poverty. 
Oranges, wounds, grief. Organ, joy. Orchard, riches, affection 
and constancy. Offend, if others offend you, a long journey to 
a friend ; to offend, a visit from a friend. Opera, pleasure followed 
by pain. 

Pain, to suffer, glad tidings from the absent. Passion, to be 
in a passion, sickness, perhaps death ; to have others in a passion 
with you, good fortune. Pedestrian, to journey on foot, hard- 
ships, false friends, loss of money. Peddler, lrypocritical friends. 
Physician, true love. Pleasure, to enjoy, difficulties. Puzzle, 
to be puzzled, expect a great favor from some one. Ploughing, 
a good sign. Peaches, health, contentment. Pears, success in 
business. Pies, joy and profit. Pigeon, to see them, is good. 



DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 49 

Pine tree, idleness. Pile, to pile up, assistance in business. 
Prayer, to pray, happiness. Pit, to fall in, heavy misfortunes; 
to climb out of one, will overcome difficulties and become rich. 
Purse, to find one, unlooked for prosperity; to lose one, loss of a 
friend. Plums, loss of goods and reputation. Pond, joy and suc- 
cess. Precipice, injury to person and goods. Prisoners, cour- 
age. Paths, straight, happiness in work; crooked, much ill. 
Pheasant, good fortune; to kill one, peril. Peacock, pride, 
vanity; screaming, a storm. Pictures, domestic felicity. Porcu- 
pine, business troubles. Pigs, assured gain. Peas, good luck. 
Palm, honor, power, vie o :y. Pearls, tears. Pins, contradic- 
tion. Postman, tidings of a friend. Paper, tidings from relatives; 
colored, deceit; painted, short happiness. Pens, a letter to come. 

Quails, bad news. Quicksilver, trouble and discontent in 
the family. Quinces, a change for the better. Qutltjng, a good 
and lucky omen. Quarreling, unexpected news ; between lovers, 
lasting affection. Queen, prosperity. 

Radishes, discovery of secrets. Rain, favorable to lovers. 
Rats, many enemies. Riding, with a woman, very fortunate. 
Ring, on the finger good; to fall off, evil. Reading, success in love 
and trade. Rice, instruction. Racing, to run a race, success in 
life ; to ride one, disappointment and anger. Rainbow, change, 
great traveling, agreeable news. Raspberries, a happy marriage 
and good news from beyond the sea. Ravens, mischief. River, 
success and riches. Rhinoceros, success in business, but disap- 
pointment in love. Rhubarb, you will make friends of your ene- 
mies. Rabbits, to see them, a speedy marriage; to shoot them, 
sorrow and distress; white, friendship. Ragged, to be, a higher 
position in society. Rowing, success in love and business. Run, 
a good sign. Reptdle, cunning and dangerous enemies. Roses, 
always a happy omen; full blown, health, joy; white, innocence; 
red, satisfaction, yellow, jealousy. Reaper, a picnic party. 
Rocks, annoyances ; to climb over, difficulties overcome. Ribbons, 
prodigality. Rival, family quarrels. Roast meat, a kind recep- 
tion. 



50 DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 



Scorpions, ill luck. Savior, vindication and honor. Scandal 
an unexpected legacy. Scared, pleasing intelligence, separation, 
unexpected enjoyment. Sickness, to be sick, idleness, want of 
work; to comfort the sick, profit and felicity. Sparrows, good 
ortune. Spirit, in white, consolation; deformed and black, deceit 
and temptation. Serpent, to see them, danger, sickness, hatred ; 
to kill one, you will overcome your enemies. Strange place, a 
legacy. Starching, success, pleasant news. Souerrel, slander by 
enemies, quarrels. Sleep, evil to all. Sold, good to the poor- 
to the rich, ill. Soldiers, persecution and law suits. Spinning, dil- 
igence and industry. Son, damage. Statues, riches. Stings, 
grief and care. Shipwreck, danger to all. Sister, long life. 
Shaving, loss of goods and business. Sheep, success. Surprise, 
good luck. Sycamore, jealousy. Strawberries, to a maid, 
speedy marriage; to ayouth, a sweet tempered wife ; to the trades- 
man and farmer, wealth. Sun, to see it rise, riches and honor ; to 
see it set, infidelity, loss of business ; under a cloud, trouble and 
hardships. Swallows, success in trade and love. Swimming, 
with your head above water, great success ; under water, trouble 
and bad news. Shooting, to kill much game, success and riches ; 
little or no game, bad luck ; with bow and arrow, a good sign to 
the tradesman. Silk, prosperity. Scabs, to be covered with 
them, success and riches. Sea, a good dream to travelers. 
Ship, prosperity. Shoes, to lose one, pain, sickness. Silver, 
loss, deceit. Spectre, certain good luck. Singing, to sing 
weeping; to hear others sing, consolation and recovery. Small 
pox, profit and wealth. Snow, a good omen. Stars, clear 
and bright, good news and prosperity ; dusky and pale, mischief; 
to see them vanish, poverty and death. Splendor, affliction and 
perhaps death. Stealing, to be accused of, a present. Storm, 
reconciliation. Stockings, to darn, glad news; to. lose, trouble 
and distress. Success, death of a friend. Swan, joy and health; 
to hear one sing, death. Swine, lazy and covetous people ; to trade 
in, sickness. Swords, misfortune. Serenade, news of a marriage. 
Strange bed, security. Strangf, room, success. Supper, news 



DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. j 51 

of a birth. Salt, wisdom. Sugar plums, reverses. Sardines, 
treachery. Salad, embarrassment. Soup, return of health and 
fortune. Sausage, affliction. Sculptor, profit. Sailor, tidings 
from over the sea. Shepherd, malice. Scissors, enemies. Ser- 
mon, weariness. Sky, pure, a peaceful life; clouded, misfortune. 
Straw, poverty. Salmon, deceit. Snails, infidelity. Spider, 
at night, success, money; in the morning, a law suit; to kill one, 
pleasure. Storks, robbery ; in winter, a great misfortune. Sheep, 
great gain. Stag, gain ; to kill one, scandal ; to chase one, loss. 

Talking, to talk loud, trouble; to hear others talk, a good pro- 
posal. Tears, happiness. Thorns, triumph over enemies. 
Ti roat, injury. Torch, burning, honor and joy; extinguished, 
sickness and proverty. Telescope, news from a distant friend. 
Thirst, to quench with clear water, joy and wealth ; troubled or 
dirty, affliction. Teeth, to lose, trouble and death of a friend; 
to cut new teeth, birth of a child who will become famous. Thun- 
der, to the rich, affliction; to the poor, repose. Traveling, 
through woods and bushes, many troubles ; over hills and moun- 
tains, advancement with many difficulties. Trees, to fell, loss; 
to climb, future honor; withered trees, deceit; trees bearing fruit, 
gain. Tempest, after many difficulties, much happiness. Thun- 
der and lightning, success in trade and love. Toads, enemies 
and loss of goods. Tombs, speedy marriage, success, unexpected 
news. Trumpet to hear one, trouble and misfortune. Tarts, 
joy and delight. Treasure, to find one, betrayal and losses. 
Turnips, riches and honor in the state. Turkeys, overcoming of 
enemies. Tea pot, new frendship. Turtle, delay. Tailor, in- 
fidelity. Tea, rest. Tumbler, to break one, a revealing of secrets ; 
to drink from a clean one, health ; a dirty one, illness. 

Ugly, to be, pleasing news from an absent friend. Under- 
taker, a speedy marriage. 

Vermin, gain of property through the death of a relative. 
Villainy, a fortune left to you by a stranger. Velvet, profit 
and joy. Vote, a bad sign to the sick. Vulture, recovery to 
the sick. Victuals, loss. Vines, health and wealth. Vinegar, 



52 v DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. 

sickness. Violin, good news and domestic happiness. Vomit, to 
the poor, profit; to the rich, hurt. Venison, change of affairs, 
Volcano, peace and happiness. Veal, success. Vegetables, 
toil, quarrels. The vintage, great gain. Violet, success. 

Walking, sickness, grief. War, trouble, danger. Washing, 
riches, prosperity. Wedding, sudden death. Want, good fortune. 
Water mill, increase of business . Wasp, envy, trouble. Whales, 
greatness, long life. Wild boar, furious enemy. Wheat, riches, 
prosperity. Wood, happiness, riches, respectability. Wool, success 
in trade. Will, to make your will, long life and happiness. 
Walnuts, difficulties. Well, marriage with wealth; to fall into, 
peril. Wounds, success, profit. Wages, to have them reduced, 
advancement; to have them raised, loss of position. Waves, 
difficulties, distress. Waltzing, unpleasant treatment. Widow, 
comfort, happiness, Worms, death of some dear one. Wrath, 
death to the dreamer or some dear one. Weasel, cunning. 
Wreck, deceit. Wolf, enmity; to kill one, success; to pursue 
one, danger averted. Whirl wind, danger, scandal. Watch, 
good emploj^ment. Woman, deceit; fair, love; ugly, scandal. 
Wine, prosperity ; to spill, disaster. 

Yeast, large family of children. 

Zodiac, to a man, travels in distant lands ; to a woman, mar- 
riage with a foreigner skilled in astronomy. Zebra, betrayal by 
a friend. 



FORTUNE TELLING. 53 



FOKTUNE TELLING TABLETS 

AS USED BY THE EGYPTIAN MAGI OR ASTROLOGERS. A METHOD OF 
TELLING FORTUNES SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. 

Rule. — The person whose fortune is to be told is to prick with 
a pin or other sharp point on any letter they choose in the first 
tablet, but by chance with the eyes shut or averted ; then refer to 
the second tablet to the letter under which is the magical figure 
and has reference to the oracle in the following pages, which will 
determine the fortune of the inquirer. 

Tablet No. 1. 
A C D 

Z F X L N A 

P N O C D L Q 

YRSTEHGL 
KV.WTSV ANM 

CDPORBWXACH 
B I X F G S B H L K 

WYUOFT SVD 

L M X Z A B W 

B B L M O N 

Q S Y 



54 FORTUNE TELLING. 











Tablet No. 2. 














* 

D 

14 




E 

16 


A 

25 


F 

6 


B 
15 


G 

13 


C 
5 


H 

7 




I 
18 




K 

8 


R 

12 


L 
17 


S 
28 


M 

1 

X 

20 


T 

19 


N 
9 

Y 

21 


u 

24 




10 

Z 

11 


V 

2 


P 

22 


w 

4 


Q ■ 

3 








ORACLE TO THE TABLETS. 
















< 


SOOD 


FORTUNE. 













1. This number, to a man, assures him, if single, a homely 
wife, but rich ; if married, an access of riches, numerous children, 
and good old age. To a lady, a faithful lover and speedy mar- 
riage. 

3. Very good fortune, sudden prosperity, great respect from 
high personages, and a letter bringing important news. 

7. To a woman, if single, a good and wealthy husband ; if 
married, a faithful partner. To a man, the same. 

8. A general good sign, and your present expectations will be 
fulfilled. 

9. To the married, if under fifty, let them not despair of a 
young family ; to the single, sudden marriage. 

10. A friend has crossed the sea and will bring home some 
riches, by which the party will be much benefited. 

12. You will be successful in all your undertakings. 

15. You may be poor and thought insignificant, but let your 
friends assist you and they will reap much benefit thereby. 

16. A sudden journey with a pleasant fellow traveler, the 
result of which will be very beneficial. 

18. A sudden acquaintance with the opposite sex, which will 
be opposed ; but persevere, it will be to your advantage. 



FORTUNE TELLING. 55 



21. An important letter announcing the death of a relation, 
who has left you a legacy. 

22. Be prudent in your conduct; much depends on yourself; 
it is generally a good number. 

BAD FORTUNE. 

2. Loss of a friend, bad success at law, loss of money , unfaith- 
ful lovers, and a bad partner. 

4. A letter announcing the loss of money. 

5. You will soon lose something good by passion. 

6. Bad success ; you will hardly succeed in any of your under- 
takings. 

11. Suspect the fidelity of your partner, if married ; if single, 
you are deceived. 

13. You want to borrow money , but will not be able to do so. 

14. The old man you have depended upon is going to be 
married and will have children of his own. 

17. You pretend to despise these tablets, but you rely much 
upon them, and you may depend on it, that you will be brought 
to disgrace. 

19. Look well to those who owe you money, if ever so little ; 
expect a letter of abuse. 

20. A drunken partner, and bad success in trade; you will 
never be very poor, but never very hapnv. 

25. Look well to your conduct; justice, though slow, it is 
sure to overtake the wicked. 



56 ■ FORTUNE TELLING. 



FORTUNE TELLING 

BY THE GROUNDS IN A TEA OR COFFEE CUP. 

Pour the grounds of tea or coffee into a white cup; shake,them 
well about, so as to spread them over the surface ; reverse the cup 
to drain away the superfluous contents, and then exercise your 
fancy in discovering what the figures thus formed represent. 

Long wavy lines denote vexation and losses, their importance 
depending on the number of lines. Straight lines foretell peace 
and long life. Human figures are good omens, announcing love 
affairs and marriage. Circular figures indicate the reception of 
money. Squares foretell peace and happiness. Oblong figures, 
family discord. Curved, twisted or angular figures are certain 
signs of vexation and annoyance. A crown signifies honor. A 
cross, news of a death. A ring, marriage; if a letter can be dis- 
covered near it, that will be the initial of your future spouse. If 
the ring is in the clear part of the cup, it foretells a happy union; 
if clouds are about it, the contrary ; if at the bottom, no mar- 
riage will take place A clover leaf, speedy good fortune, which 
will be more or less distant in case it appears at or near the bot- 
tom. The anchor, if at the bottom denotes success in business; 
at the top and in the clear part, love and fidelity ; but in thick or 
cloudy parts, inconstancy. 

The serpent is always the sign of an enemy, and if in the 
cloudy part, gives warning that great prudence will be nec- 
essary to ward off misfortune. 

The coffin portends news of a death or long illness. The dog 
at the top of the cup denotes true friends ; in the middle, that they 
are not to be trusted; but at the bottom, that they are secret 
enemies. 

The lily, at the top, foretells a happy marriage ; at the bot- 
tom, anger. 

A letter signifies news ; if in the clear, welcome news ; sur- 
rounded by dots, a remittance of money; but if hemmed in by 



FORTUNE TELLING. 57 



clouds, bad tidings and losses ; a heart near it denotes a love letter. 

A single tree portends restoration to health ; a group of trees, 
misfortune, which may be avoided ; several trees, wide apart, 
promise that your wishes will be accomplished; if encompassed 
by dashes, it is a token that your fortune is in its blossom, and 
only requires care to bring it to maturity ; if surrounded by dots, 
riches. 

Mountains signify either friends or enemies, according to their 
situation. 

The sun, moon and stars, denote happiness and success. 

The clouds, happiness or misfortune, according as they are 
bright or dark. 

Birds are good omens, but quadrupeds, with the exception of 
the dog, foretell trouble and difficulties. 

Fish imply good news from across the water. 

A triangle portends an unexpected legacy. 

A single straight line, a journey. 

The figure of a man indicates a visitor; if the arm is out- 
stretched, a present; when the figure is very distinct it shows that 
the visitor will be dark complexioned, and vice versa. 

A crown near a cross indicates a large fortune, resulting from 
a death. 

Flowers are signs of joy, happiness and a peaceful life. 

A heart surrounded by dots, signifies joy occasioned by the 
receipt of money ; with a ring near it, approaching marriage. 

HOW TO READ YOUR FORTUNE BY THE WHITE OF AN EGG. 

Break a new laid egg, and carefully separating the yolk from 
the white, drop the latter into a large tumbler half full of water; 
place this uncovered, in some dry place, and let it remain untouched 
for twenty-four hours, by which time the white of the egg will 
have formed itself into various figures, rounds, squares, ovals, ani- 
mals, trees, crosses, etc., which are to be interpreted in the same 
manner as those formed by the coffee grounds. Of course the more 
whites there are in the glass, the more figures there will be. 



58 SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 

SYNOPSIS OF HISTOKICAL EVENTS DURING THE LAST 
HUNDRED YEAES. 

1789. . Washington made first President of the U. S., John 
Adams, Vice-President, April 30. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of 
State. First French Revolution, National Assembly constituted 
at Versailles May 5. Storming of the Bastille July 14. Insurrec- 
tion of the Netherlands in September. Austrians driven from the 
Netherlands in December. 

1790. Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution. Seat of the 
National Government at Philadelphia. End of the Belgium Re- 
public December 10. United States Bank established December 13. 
City of Washington founded. 

1791. John Wesley dies March 2. Louis XVI flies from Paris, 
arrested at Varennes, brought back June 21. Louis accepts the 
Constitution completed by the National Assembly, September 14. 
Vermont admitted into the Union. 

1792. Gustavus III, of Sweden, assassinated March 16, suc- 
ceeded by Gustavus IV. Procession of the "Black Breeches" in- 
vades the National Assembly and Tuileries June 20. Tuileries at- 
tacked, and Swiss guards massacred August 10. Louis and family 
imprisoned in the temple August 13. France invaded August 18. 
September massacres at Paris September 2-3. Royalty abolished 
September 21. Republic proclaimed September 22. John Adams 
re-elected Vice-President U. S. Kentucky admitted into the Union. 

1793. Louis XVI executed January 21. Washington re- 
elected President U. S. March 4. Reign of terror in Paris. Char- 
lotte Corday assassinates Marat July 13. Execution of Charlotte 
Corday July 17. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, executed 
October 15. Worship of Reason introduced November 10. 

1794. Koscinsko active in Poland. Danton and others ex- 
ecuted in Paris April 6. Lord Howe defeats the French fleet off 
Brest June 1. Fall of Robespierre and end of the reign of terror in 



t SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 59 

Paris July 27. Russians enter Warsaw November 9. English 
driven out of Holland in December. 

1795. Partition of Poland between Russia, Austria and 
Prussia January 3. Peace of Basel between Prussia and the 
French Republic. Insurrection at Paris May 20-21. 

1796. Battle of Lodi May 10. Napoleon enters Milan May 
15; Bologna June 18. Washington resigns September 17. Ten- 
nessee admitted into the Union. 

1797. Battle of Rivoli January 14. Mantua capitulates to 
Napoleon February 1-2. John Adams, second President U. S., 
March 4. Napoleon takes Venice May 16. 

1798. French occupy Rome February 10. It is proclaimed a 
Republic February 15. French take Malta June 11 ; invade Egypt 
July 1. Battle of the Pyramids July 21. Battle of the NileAugust 
1-2. King of Sardinia abdicates December 9. 

1799. French take Ehrenbreitstein January 29. Invade Syria 
February. Besiege Acre March 16-May 21. Massacre of Jaffa 
March 27. Ferdinand the IV, of Naples, restored July 27. French 
enter Zurich September 26. Lose Rome September 30. Napoleon 
elected first Consul December 24. Washington dies December 14. 

1800. Napoleon's Passage of the Great St. Bernard, May 17 
-20. Battle of Marengo June 14. English take Malta September 
5. Battle of Hohenlinden, December 3. 

1801. Thomas Jefferson elected President U. S. March 4, 
Aaron Burr Vice-President. Paul, Emperor of Russia, murdered 
March 24. Alexander I succeeds. Nelson defeats the Danish Fleet 
at Copenhagen April 2. French evacuate Egypt September 2. 
First Census of Great Britain taken. 

1802. French take St. Domingo May 7. Peace of Amiens 
March 27. Napoleon declared first Consul for life August 3. Ohio 
admitted into the Union. 

1803. English evacuate Egypt March 17. Napoleon sells 
Louisiana to the U. S. April 30. England declares war against 
France May 18. French take Hannover in June. Robert Emmet 



60 SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 



heads the Irish rebellion July 23. St. Domingo proclaimed inde- 
pendent November 29. 

1804. Napoleon becomes Emperor of France May 18. 
George Clinton, Vice-President U. S. Wm. Pitt appointed Prime 
Minister the second time May 12. Alexander Hamilton killed in 
a duel July 12. The Pope crowns Napoleon and Josephine Decem- 
ber 2. 

1805. Thomas Jefferson, President U. S., March 4 (second 
term). Third co-alition against France completed September 8. 
French defeat the Austrians at Ulin October 17-19. English defeat 
French at Trafalgar October 21. French occupy Vienna Novem- 
ber 13. Battle of Austerlitz December 2. Peace of Presburg De- 
cember 26. 

1806. Conspiracy of Aaron Burr. English destroy tie 
French Squadron of St. Domingo February 6. Fourth co-alition 
against France October 6. Battles of Jena andAnerstadt October 
14. Napoleon enters Berlin October 27. French occupy Hamberg 
in November. . 

1807. Battle of Eylan February 7-8. Slave trade in the British 
Empire abolished March 25. Peace of Tilsit July 7. Cardinal 
York, the last of the Stuarts, dies July 13. French enter Lisbon 
November 30. Napoleon enters Spain, seizes Etruria December 

10. First Steamboat on the Hudson. 

1808. Clinton re-elected Vice-President U. S. Napoleon occu- 
pies Rome February 2. Creates a new nobility in France March 

11. Murat enters Madrid March 23. Joseph Bonaparte made 
King of Spain June 6. Murat made King of Naples July 15. 
Spanish inquisition abolished December 4. Finland incorporated 
with Russia. 

1809. Battle of Corunna. Austrians invade Bavaria August 
11. Napoleon enters Vienna May 13. Battle of Wagram July 6. 
Empress Josephine divorced December 15. 

1810. Napoleon marries Marie Louisa, of Austria, April 1. 
English take Mauritius December 3. University of Berlin founded. 



SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 61 



1811. Mamdukes massacred at Cairo March 10. Battle of 
Tippecanoe November 11. Great Comet visible for four months. 

1812. Louisiana admitted into the Union in April. U. S. de- 
clare war against Great Britain June 18. Napoleon declares war 
against Russia June 22. Enters and burns Moskow September 
11. Evacutes Moskow October 19. 

1813. Fifth co-alition against France March 1. James Madi- 
son President U. S. (second term). Battle of Lutzen May 2. Of 
Bantzen May 20-21. Battle of Yittoria June 21. Battle of the 
Pyrenees July 25-30. Battle of Dresden August 24-27. Well- 
ington invades France October 7. Battle of Leipsic October 16- 
19. French evacuate Germany November 22. 

1814. Paris capitulates March 31. Senate deposes Napoleon 
April 1. Battle of Toulouse April 10. Napoleon abdicates April 
11. Lands in Elba May 4. Peace of Paris May 30. U. S. invade 
Canada in July. Capture and burning of Washington by Gen. 
Ross August 24. Peace of Ghent between England and the U. S. 
December 24. English attack New Orleans December 27. 

1815. Battle of New Orleans, English defeated January 8. 
Napolean escapes from Elba February 26 ; enters Paris March 20. 
Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras June 16. Battle of Waterloo 
June 18. Allies enter Paris July 7. Napoleon surrenders to H. M. 
S. Bellerophon July 15 ; arrives at St. Helena October 16. Second 
peace of Paris November 20. Chamber of Peers condemns 
Marshal Ney December 6 ; he is shot at Paris December 7. 

1816. Admiral Lord Hood dies June 27. Indiana admitted 
into tne Union December 11. Ronalds invents the electric tele- 
graph. 

1817. James Monroe, President U. S. March 4. Pius the VII 
condemns the Bible by Bull of June 29. Koscinsco dies October 
15. Mississippi admitted into the Union in December. 

1818. Queen Charlotte of England dies November 17. Illi- 
nois admitted into the Union December 3. 

1819. Spain secedes Florida to the U. S. February 22. Prin- 



62 SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 

cess Victoria born May 24. Macadams' system of road-making 
published. Alabama admitted into the Union December 14. 

1820. George IV declared King of England January 29. 
Maine admitted into the Union March 15. Jesuits expelled from 
Russia March 25. 

1821. Missouri compromise passed February 28. James 
Monroe, President U. S., March 4, (second term). Insurrection in 
Greece March 6. Greek Patriarch hung at Constantinople April 
21. Independence of Brazil proclaimed April 22. Napoleon dies 
at St. Helena May 5. Missouri admitted into the Union August 
10. Rise of the Slavery Agitation in the U. S. 

1822. Greeks declare their Independence January 1. Mas- 
sacre of Scio April-May. Greeks take Athens June 22. Don 
Pedro declared Emperor of Brazil October 12. 

1823. French invade Spain April 7 ; enter Madrid May 23. 
British Anti-Slavery Society founded. Joseph Smith originates 
Mormonism. 

1824. War with Burmah, Lord Byron dies April 18. La- 
fayette visits U. S. August 15. 

1825. John Quincy Adams, President U. S., March 4. Great 
earthquake in Algiers March 2-7. Commercial panic in England 
in December. First voyage by steam from England to India. 

1826. Don Pedro, Emperor oi Brazil, becomes King of Por- 
tugal March 10. Adams and Jefferson Ex-Presidents of the U. S.> 
died July 4. 

1827. Frederick, Duke of York, dies January 5. Charles X, 
of France, disbands the National Guards April 29. Battle of 
Navarino October 26. Dreyse invents the needle gun. Omnibus 
introduced into Paris. 

1828. Peace between Brazil and Buenos Ayres August 29. 
Lord Liverpool dies December 4. New corn law in England. 
Peels sliding scale established. 

1829. Great political excitement in the U. S. Andrew Jack- 
son, President, March 4. Greeks take Lepanto May 9. Peace 
of Adrianople September 14. 



SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 63 

1830. Allied powers declare the independence of Greece Feb- 
ruary 3. The Porte acknowledges it April 25. William IY de- 
clared King of England June 26. Charles X flies from Paris 
July 30 ; abdicates August 2. Louis proclaimed King of France 
August 9. 

1831. Revolution in Brazil. Emperor Pedro abdicates April 
7. William IV and Queen Adelaide crowned September 9. Asia- 
tic cholera in England in November-December. 

1832. Goethe dies March 22. Prince Otto, of Bavaria, pro- 
claimed King of Greece August 3. Sir Walter Scott dies Septem- 
ber 21. Heathcote's steam plough patented. 

1833. Andrew Jackson, President U. S. (second term) March 
4. Santa Anna, President of the Mexican Republic, April 18. 
Slavery abolished in the British Colonies August 28. 

1834. Lafayette dies May 30. Houses of Parliament burned 
October 16. 

1835. Texas revolts against Mexico. Independence of Texas 
proclaimed December 22. Colts' revolver patented. Halley's 
Comet appears. The Seminole war in Florida. 

1836. Arkansas admitted into the Union. Charles X, of 
France, dies November 6. 

1837. Martin Van Buren, President U. S. March 4. Victoria 
declared Queen of England June 20. Cholera rages on the con- 
tinent July-August. Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, burned De- 
cember 29. Father Mathews' temperance mission begins. Finan- 
cial crisis in the U. S. 

1838. Royal Exchange, London, burned January 10. Queen 
Victoria crowned June 28. End of the rebellion in Canada in 
November. Daguerreotype process discovered. 

1839. The Pope prohibits the slave trade December 3. First 
English settlement in New Zealand. Gold discovered in Australia. 

1840. Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert February 10. 
Remains of Napoleon landed at Cherbourg November 30. De- 
posited in the Hotel des Invalides December 15. 



64 SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 

1841. Union of Upper and Lower Canada proclaimed Feb- 
ruary 10. Gen. Harrison, President U. S., March 4. He dies 
April 4. Vice-President John Tyler succeeds him. The President 
vetoes the U. S. bank bill, and the entire cabinet resigns Septem- 
ber 11. Mormon Temple at Nanvoo founded. London Punch 
begun. 

1842. Great Fire at Hamburg May 5-7. The Boers of 
Natal defeated June 26. The French take Tahiti September 8. 
Steam hammer patented. Illustrated London News begun. 

1843. Appearance of great comet in March. Natal annexed 
to Cape Colony in May. Botta discovers the site of Nineveh. 
Opening of the great Thames Tunnel. The Dorr Rebellion in the 
U.S. 

1844. First Telegraph line established in the U. S. May 27. 
Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, murdered June 27. Brigham 
Young succeeds him. 

1845. Iowa and Florida admitted into the Union March 1. 
James K. Polk, President U. S., March 4. Sir John Franklin's last 
expedition May 23. Mexico declares war against the U. S. June 
4. Texas admitted into the Union December 27. Railway mania 
and panic in England. 

1846. Famine in Ireland. Gen. Taylor defeats the Mexicans 
at Palo Alto May 8. At Resaca de la Palma May 9. Santa Fe 
annexed to the U. S. August 23. Gen. Taylor takes Monterey 
September 24. 

1847. Mexicans defeated at Buena Vista February 22-23. 
Gen. Scott takes Vera Cruz March 28. Enters Jalapa April 19. 
Sir John Franklin dies June 11. Gen. Scott takes Mexico Sep- 
tember 14--15. Mormons found Salt Lake City. 

1848. Insurrection at Mesina January 6. Gold discovered 
in California in January. John Quincy Adams dies February 21. 
Louis Philip, of France, abdicated February 24. Income tax riots 
in London March 6-7. Revolution in Vienna. Prince Metternich 
flies March 13. Insurrection in Berlin March 17. At Milan March 
18. King of Bavaria abdicates March 21. Sicilian Parliament 



SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 65 

deposes King Ferdinand April 13. Treaty of peace between Mex- 
ico and theU. S. May 19. Wisconsin admitted into the Union May 
29. Insurrection at Paris, the Archbishop of Paris shot while 
mediating June 26. Vienna in revolt, the Emperor flies October 
7. Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic December 
20. 

1849. Republic proclaimed at Rome February 8. Great 
gold rush to California. Gen. Taylor President of the U. S 
March 4. Kossuth Governor of Hungary April 4. French besiege 
Rome June 3. Fighting in Paris June 14. Russians invade Hun- 
gary June 17. The French take Rome July 3. Cholera in London. 
Livingston discovers Lake N'Gamir. 

1850. President Taylor dies July 9. Fillmore succeeds him. 
Burning of Cracow July 18. Louis Philip dies August 26. Cali- 
fornia admitted into the Union September 9. Fugitive slave law 
passed September 18. First submarine telegraph between 
France and England. 

1851. Austrians hold Hamburg January 29. Gold digging 
begun in Australia February. Prince Metternich returns to 
Vienna September 23. Coup D'Etat at Paris December 2-3. 
Louis Napoleon President of the French Republic for ten years 
December 20-21. 

1852. Louis Napoleon publishes new constitution. Henry 
Clay dies June 29; the Duke of Wellington September 14; Daniel 
Webster October 21. 

1853. Revolution in Mexico. Louis Napoleon marries Eugenia 
De Montigo January 29. Franklin Pierce President U. S. March 
4. Santa Anna President of Mexico April 1. English and French 
fleets enter Dardanelles October 22. War between Russia and 
Turkey October 23. 

1854. French and English fleets enter Black Sea January 4. 
Treaty between the U. S. and Japan March 23. France declares 
war against Russia March 28. Troubles in Kansas, March and 
April. Kansas-Nebraska bill passed in May. Allies land in the 
Crimea September 14. Sebastopol bombarded October 17. Bat- 



66 SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 

tie of Balaklava October 25. Battle of Inkerman November 5. 
First Armstrong gun made. 

1855. Sardinia joins the Allies January 26. Emperor of Rus- 
sia Nicholas dies March 2. Universal exhibition at Paris opened 
May 15. Battle of the Tchernaya August 16. Malakoff and 
Redan stormed September 8. Russians evacuate south side of 
Sebastopol and are defeated atKars September 29. Niagara sus- 
pension bridge completed. 

1856. Free State Legislature in Kansas constituted March 
4. Treaty of Paris March 30. Kansas refused admission into 
the Union April 11. Allies evacuate the Crimea July 12. Alex- 
ander II of Russia crowned September 7. Organization of the 
republican party. Nomination of John C. Fremont. 

1857. Archbishop of Paris assassinated January 3. Dred 
Scott Decision in March. James Buchanan President U. S. March. 
4. Europeans at Cawnpore surrender to Nana Sahib June 25. 
Mormon Rebellion May and June. Massacre of women and 
children at Cawnpore July 15. Gen. Havelock enters Cawnpore 
July 17. Attempt to lay Atlantic cable fails August 11. Relief of 
Lucknow by Gen. Havelock September 25. Lucknow rescued by 
Sir Colin Campbell November 22. Canton taken by the French 
and English December 28-29. Civil war in Kansas in December. 

1858. Attempt to assassinate Louis Napoleon January 14. 
Lucknow taken March 19-20. Minnesota admitted into the 
Union May 11. Great eruption of Vesuvius May 21. First At- 
lantic cable completed and first message received August 20. 

1859. Oregon admitted into the Union February 12. Revo- 
lution at Florence April 27. Victor Emanuel declares war against 
Austria April 27; France against Austria May 3. Alexander 
Von Humbolt dies May 6. Battle of Montebello May 20. Bat- 
tle of Magenta June 4. Napoleon and Victor Emanuel enter Milan 
June 8. Battle of Solferino June 24. Negro insurrection at Har- 
per's Ferry under John Brown October 17. Brown hanged 
December 2. 



SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 67 

1860. Garibaldi takes Palermo May 27. Great Eastern 
crosses Atlantic June 17-27. Battle of Melazzo June 20. Insur- 
lection at Naples August 17. Garibaldi enters Naples September 
8, and proclaims Victor Emanuel King of Italy. South Carolina 
secedes December 20. Oil wells discovered in Pennsylvania. 

1861. Williams I King of Prussia January 2. Mississippi 
seceded January 9, followed by Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louis- 
iana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina. 
Kansas admitted into the Union January 29. Russian Serfs 
emancipated March 3. Abraham Lincoln President of U. S. 
March 4. Confederates take Fort Sumpter April 12-13. Confed- 
erate Congress meets at Richmond July 20. First Battle of Bull 
Run July 21. Specie payment suspended in the federal states 
December 31. 

1862. Encounter of Merrimac and Monitor in James River 
May 9. France declares war against Mexico April 16. Federals 
take New Orleans April 24. Battles on the Chickahominy June 
25-July 1. Battle of South Mountain September 14. At Antie- 
tam September 19. Battle at Fredericksburg December 13. 

1863. Emancipation proclamation January 1. West Virginia 
made a state January 1. Insurrection in Poland January 22. 
Stonewall Jackson mortally wounded at Chancellorsville May 2; 
dies May 9. Grant takes Vicksburg July 4. The French enter 
Mexico June 10. Battles of Gettysburg July 1-3. Federals take 
Fort Hudson. Maximilian of Austria, Emperor of Mexico July 
19. Federals occupy Chattanooga September 10. First Fenian 
Congress meets at Chicago November 25. 

1864. Garibaldi visits England in April. Maximilian arrives 
in Mexico May 29. The Kearsarge sinks the Alabama off Cher- 
bourg June 19. Fugitive slave law repealed June 23. Federals 
hold Atlanta September 2. Nevada admitted into the Union Oc- 
tober 31. Gen. Sherman holds Savannah December 21. Nobel 
introduces dynamite. 

1865. Gen. Gilmore occupies Charleston February 17. Presi- 
dent Lincoln enters on second term of office March 4. Gen. Grant 



68 SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 

takes Richmond April 3. Gen. R. E. Lee surrenders April 9. As- 
sassination of President Lincoln April 4. Vice-president Johnson 
succeeds April 15. Jefferson Davis captured May 10. End of 
civil war. Slavery abolished in the U. S. December 10. 

1866. U. S. Congress passes civil rights bill April 12. Fenian 
raids into Canada May 31-June 7. Prussia withdraws from the 
German Confederation June 14. Enters Saxony and Hanover 
June 15. Austria declares war June 17; Prussia June 18; Italy 
June 20. Hanoverian army surrenders June 29. Prussians defeat 
Austrians at Sadowa July 3 ; occupy Frankfort July 16. Treaty 
of Prague August 28. 

1867. First ship passes through Suez Canal February 17. 
Fenian agitation in Ireland February-March. Nebraska admitted 
into the Union March 1. Alaska ceded to the U. S. French evac- 
uate Mexico March 16. Dominion of Canada constituted March 
29. Emperor Maximilian of Mexico shot at Oueretaro June 19. 
Juarez re-elected President of Mexico in October. Annexation of 
Cochin China to France. 

1868. President Johnson impeached February 25. James 
Buchanan dies June 1. Insurrection in Spain September 18. 
Queen Isabella leaves Spain September 30. 

1869. Gen. Grant President U. S. March 4. Suez Canal form- 
ally opened November 17. Pacific Railway completed. 

1870. Charles Dickens dies June 9. Isabella of Spain abdi- 
cates June 25. France declares war against Prussia July 19. 
Battle of Sedan September 1. Napoleon surrenders, and Freiburg 
capitulates September 2. Revolution at Paris, Republic pro- 
claimed September 4. Germans invest Paris September 19. 
Strasburg capitulates September 28. Gen. Von der Tann takes 
Orleans October 11. Gen. Robert E. Lee dies October 13. Metz 
falls October 28. Communist Insurrection at Paris October 31. 
German Empire declared December 10. Tours surrenders Decem- 
ber 21. Mont Cenis Tunnel completed. 

1871. King William of Prussia proclaimed Emperor of Ger- 
many January 18. Battle of St. Quentin January 19. Paris cap- 



SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 69 

imlates January 23. Germans enter Paris and peace ratified 
March 1. Germans evacuate Paris March 3. Commune pro- 
claimed at Paris March 28. Tuileries, Louvre etc., burned by the 
Communists, and Archbishop of Paris shot May 24. Insurrec- 
tion ended May 28. Mont Cenis Tunnel opened September 17. 
Great Chicago lire October 8-10. 

1872. British Columbia incorporated with the Dominion of 
Canada February 8. Dutch Possessions on the Gold Coast trans- 
ferred .to Great Britain April 6. Great eruption of Vesuvius April 
24 to May 1. 

1873. Louis Napoleon dies January 9. Gen. Grant Presi* 
dent U. S. March 4 (second term.) Mac Mahon President French 
Republic May 24. England pays Alabama indemnity September 
9. Germans evacuate French territory September 16. Marshal 
Bazaine tried October 6. Sentenced December 10. 

1874. Coup D'Etat at Madrid January 3. Chas. Sumner 
dies March 11. Spain declared in a state of siege July 19. Mar- 
shal Bazaine escapes from prison August 9. Fizi Island ceded to 
England September 30. Alphonso, King of Spain December 30. 

1875. Arctic Expedition, The " Alert " and " Discovery " Sail 
from Portsmouth May 29. Great floods at Toulouse June 24. 

1876. Imperial Bank of Germany opened January 1. De- 
structive hurricanes in the west March 10. Mew Mexico admitted 
into the Union March 11. Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of 
India May 1. Attempted assassination of Emperor William May 
11. Sioux Indians massacre federal troops June 25. Centenary 
of American Independence July 4. Colorado admitted into the 
Union August 2. 

1877. U. S. electoral commission appointed January 30. R. 
B. Hayes declared elected March 2, and inaugurated March 5. 
Great railroad strike in the U. S. July 18-30. 

1878. Paris exhibition opened May 1. Attempted assassina- 
tion of Emperor William June 2. Yellow fever rages in the South- 
ern States September-October. Gold sells at par in Wall Street 
December 17. 



.70 SYNOPSIS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS. 

1879. U. S. resumes specie payment January 1. Zulus de- 
feat English in South Africa January 22. River Theiss in Hungary 
overflows; 60,000 persons homeless. Negro exodus from Louis- 
iana and Mississippi to Kansas sets in April 5. Gen. Grant com- 
pletes his two years tour-around the world September 20. 

1880. Riots in Connemara, Ireland, January 3. Winter 
Palace at St. Petersburg blown up by dynamite February 17. 
Mount St. Gothard Tunnel completed February 29. . Mount Vesu- 
vius Railway opened June 6. French Republic expels Jesuits- June 
30. 

1881. Chilians take Lima January 17. James A. Garfield 
President U. S. March 4. Alexander II of Russia assassinated 
March 13. Assassination of President Garfield July 2. Gen. 
Burnside dies September 13. Garfield dies September 19. Chester 
A. Arthur twenty-first President U. S. September 22. Opening 
of the Cotton Exhibition at Atlanta, Georgia, October 5. Cen- 
tennial celebration at Yorktown October 10. 

1882. Terrible railroand accident at Spuyten Duyvil, New 
York, January 13. Guiteau found guilty January 25; hung June 
30. Transit of Yenus December 6. 

1883. Snow falls in San Francisco the first time in 17 years 
January 1. Great floods in the Western States February 3. New 
York and Brooklyn bridge opened May 24. Over 200,000 people 
cross east river bridge May 27. Telegraphers Brotherhood strike 
July 19-August 18. Capt. Webb the English swimmer drowned 
while attempting to swim the Niagara whirlpool July 24. Terrible 
railroad disaster at Carlyon,N. Y.July 28. Northern Pacific Rail- 
road completed and opened for traffic September 8 . Two cent letter 
postage goes into effect in the U. S. October 1. Great fire at 
Dallas, Texas, Octobers. Earthquakein San Francisco October 
13. Sergeant Mason pardoned November 24. v 

1884. Steamer City of Columbus wrecked off Gay Head, 100 
lives lost, January 18. Great floods in the Ohio Yalley in Febru- 
ary. Bodies of "Jeanette" Explorers arrive in New York; impos- 
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completed February 21, Grover Cleveland twenty-second Presi- 
dent IL S. March 4. Bill passed placing Gen. Grant on retired 
list of the army March 4. Commencing of the great strike of the 
ironworkers of the west June 1. Gen. Grant dies July 23; buried 
at Riverside Park, New York, August 8. 

1885. Great eight hour labor movement May 1. Great an- 
archist Hay market not in Chicago May 4. 

1886. Terrific cyclones and storms throtigh the west May 
11-20. Earthquake in Charleston and Sumerville, S. C, both 
cities partially destroyed August-September 7. Ex-President C. 
A. Arthur dies November 18. Gen. John A. Logan dies December 26. 

1887. Senate passes the Inter State Commerce act October- 
January 14. Signed by the president February 4. Terrible railroad 
accident near White River Junction, Vermont, February 5. Henry 
Ward Beecher dies March 8. John G. Saxe "Humorous Poet" 
dies March 31. The American exhibition opened in London 
May 9. Collision near Sandy Hook of the White Star Line 
Steamers Brittannic and Celtic May 19. Terrible railroad ac- 
cident near Chatworth, Ills., nearly one hundred killed August 10. 

1889. January 25 big street car strike in Brooklyn and New 
York. February 19 hotel boiler explodes in a Hartford, Ct., hotel 
and kills 40 of the guests. March 4 Gen. Harrison inaugurated 
President U. S. April 29 frightful railroad accident on the Grand 
Trunk Railroad near Hamilton, Ontario, 23 burned to death. 
May 4 Dr. P. H. Cronin murdered; his body found May 22. May 31 
the great Ccnemaugh valley disaster or Johnstown horror; loss of 
life over 3,500. Burning of Seattle, W. T., January 7. Sullivan and 
Kilrain fight July 8. Spokane Falls, W. T., destroyed by fire August 
5. August 22 Hyppotite enters Porte Au Prince, Hayti, and is de- 
clared President of the Republic. Cronin trial begins August 26. 
North and South Dakota admitted into the Union November 2. 
$10,000,000 firein Lynn, Mass., November 26. An $8,000,000 fire 
in Boston November 28. November 30 Minneapolis Tribune 
building burned ; 20 lives lost. The Russian influenza reaches the 
TJ. S. December 13. December 16 the Cronin jury bring in the ver- 



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diet. Great hurricane on the Samoan Islands wreck six men of war ~ 
250 lives lost March 29. November 15 Revolution in Brazil Don 
Pedro deposed and the Republic established without loss of blood. 



RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. 

A tall, fine looking man of thirty, with a frame whose mus- 
cular grandeur not even the ill fitting miners suit could altogether 
conceal, an upright easy carriage, strong embrowned and nervous 
hands, and great black eyes that lighted up a face which gave 
evidence of veiled passion and sleeping strength; this is Lionel Car- 
roll. 

He was walking slowly down one of the streets of the little 
mining town of Aurora, gazing with interest at the varied phases 
of a life so new and strange to eastern eyes. 

A white, shapely hand fell lightly on Carroll's shoulder. Whe el- 
ing sharply he uttered an exclamation, and then stood still for a 
moment, and stared blankly at the man before him. 

Surely there was nothing striking in the appearance of the 
one he had faced so abruptly — a man of medium size, with sandy 
hair and beard, and strange shifting hazel eyes ; but the instant 
that Lionel Carroll met the glance of those changeful eyes his 
mind, with the quickness of thought, reverted to the day five 
years before, when Owen Bradford left the little New England vil- 
lage, with bitter curses on his lips against the one, who, he 
declared, had robbed him of pretty Nettie Forest's love. "I hate 
you Lion Carroll! — hate you! — hate you!" and the words came 
hissing while hot with passion from the livid lips. " And I swear 
I'll yet make you drink the very dregs of the cup of sorrow for 
what you have made me suffer, so help me! The wheel turns, 
and you will be at the bottom yet and then " — The sentence was 
never finished, for with face hideous as a changelings, he turned 
away from his successful rival. 



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But now Carroll could scarcely trust his eyes. There was not 
a trace of enmity or hard feeling in the suave smiling face, n©t a 
tinge of bitterness in the careless words, spoken with a light 
laugh : " Well, Carroll,you're a long time in recognizing a friend ; 
your memory has grown treacherous, has it not not, my dear 
sir?" 

"Not at all Bradford," answered Carroll, heartily willing to 
bury the past, and glad to see a familiar face. " Not at all, I was 
rather surprised at seeing you, for I had the impression that you 
were in Frisco." 

"I make my headquarters there," answered Bradford care- 
lessly, "but came over to Aurora on business. By the way, Car- 
roll, how did you happen to be here, smitten with gold fever, eh?" 

"Yes," answered Carroll, frankly, "I came out to try my 
luck, like thousands of others, and I got here to-day." 

"Ah," and Bradford lightly stroked his blonde beard, "how 
did you leave all the folks in the little town where we used to 
vegetate? and that little daisy, Nettie Forest, about whom we 
had such a foolish schoolboy quarrel? But I presume she is Mrs. 
Carroll now ; if so, you have my best wishes, etc., old boy." 

How coolly it was said. Carroll was completely disarmed, 
and he said cordially : 

"Thank you, Bradford. Nettie has been my wife for over four 
years, and you ought to see our boy, Bradford, he is the dearest 
little rogue that ever the sun shone on." 

"Ah!" slowly drawled Bradford again, "sol suppose. But 
see here, Carroll, have you obtained anything to do yet, or made 
up your mind to go prospecting?" 

"No," said the other, "you knowl toldyouthat I had justgot 
here— why ? " "Well I'll tellyou the whole story, "answered Brad- 
ford briskly. "Our company in Frisco own the Heintzelman Mine 
down on the Slate Range about two hundred miles from here, but 
for a long time we have heard nothing from it, and cannot imag- 
ine what the trouble is, so I just took a run over here with the in- 
tention of getting a few men to go over to the mine and then re nor t 



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to the company. Wages will be twenty dollars a day, for, I 
shall not deny that it may be a little risky. Perhaps you would 
•like the chance, though, Carroll, and in case that you will, I will 
substantiate what I have said . ' ' Bradford drew a few papers from 
his breast pocket, Carroll at once preceived their truth and telling 
. Bradford that he would think it over, soon separated from him, 
promising that he would see Bradford a little later. 

Bradford turned and watched Carroll as he walked away with 
an elastic, easy stride. "Fool! Fool!" he muttered to himself, a 
baleful light now gleaming in the evil eyes. " How easily he was 
taken in? Does he judge me by himself I wonder, and therefore 
imagine that I soon forgive injuries ? Bah ! my great souled gentle- 
man, it takes men like me to read your kind. He'll accept and I 
know it, but you would'nt, if you knew what I do that the mill 
of the Heintzelman has been destroyed and the men killed by In- 
dians, who will serve you the same way, as surely as you go there ; 
and then Bradford, you must go east and break the sad news to 
the widow." 

An evil laugh broke from Bradford's lips, a low deep chuckle, too 
full of wickedness to ring out full and heartily, while his whole 
face was as colorless as rock, revealing no indications of the treach- 
ery which filled his heart. 

" Boys, its my opinion that the sooner we leave this place be- 
hind us the better it will be for us, what say you?" said Lionel 
Carroll, quietly, turning to the trio of men standing near him. 

They had ridden fast and far, those venturesome men who had 
taken their lives in their hands, and dared the dangers that lurked 
on those wild western plains ; for a distance of over two hundred 
miles lay between them and the bus}' town of Aurora. And what 
did they find awaiting them at the end of their journey ? A story 
of Indian treachery and death written out in black and white in 
the blackened timbers of the ruined mill and the whitened bones 
of the workmen. Dead silence brooded over the place, and yet it 
seemed to the little company that a voice had suddenly called to 
them out of this awful wilderness. 



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Though their stay had been but of a few moments duration they 
Lmmediatly assented to Carroll's proposition. 

Not an instant of rest was given horse oi pack mule ; but, fling- 
ing themselves into their saddles, they turned their faces toward 
Aurora, the Mecca of their hearts now, and the four left the ghastly 
place at utmost speed, as if they could not endure to breathe in its 
shadow. 

On and on, never stopping, until the shadows of night folding 
down upon them, bade them draw rein by their silent yet power- 
ful commands. 

It was rather a singular place where the little party halted to 
spend the night; a little irregular valley, surrounded on all sides 
by the. sentinels of centuries, which were clothed to their very 
rugged heads with nut pine, save at one point. 

At the western and narrowest edge of the valley was a nar- 
row gorge, torn or chiseled by mother nature through the very 
heart of the mountains, which led out to the main valley, or ex- 
tensive desert, toward the west. 

It appeared as if, at some earlier period, instead of a grass 
tufted valley, a little lake has nestled down in the midst of these 
towering mountains like a lost saphire; but at last through the 
broken gorge, its waters had found liberty, only to be swallowed 
np by the burning, thirsty sand of the western desert. 

Supper was eaten without fire or light, and with the horses 
and mules grazing near them, the four men, lay down to rest 
their weary frames. 

Somewhere about midnight Carroll awoke; a feeling of 
dread or foreboding lay heavy upon mind and soul and forbade 
the return of sleep. 

He raised himself upon one elbow, and with his every sense 
strained, tried to discover if there was any foundation for the un- 
accountable anxiety which had fastened itself upon him. 

All about him was soft, warm obscurity, unbroken by a single 
sound, save the low breathing of the men beside him. 

A few pale stars shone faintly through the dusk ; flickering as 



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if the oil was low in the lamp, the flames was expiring in its 
socket. 

I should be ashamed of such a cow T ardly feeling, he thought 
impatiently; it does not seem possible for noisy danger to lurk 
in this heavenly peace and quiet. 

He was about to throw himself backward upon the ground 
again, when something brought him bolt upright. 

He rubbed his eyes, as if to clear them of some disturbing 
mist. 

Had a star fallen and lay quivering, twinkling, sparkling in 
the little valley just at the foot of the mountains ? For what was 
that dancing, glimmering point of light at the valley's edge ? 

Ah ! there is another and another, and then they appear to be 
all about the valley just at the base of the mountains. 

A long tongue of golden flame leaped up and settled the doubts 
and questions in Carroll's mind. God help us ! the Indians have 
surrounded us with fire ! 

In an instant he had noiselessly awakened tl;emen beside him 
No need of any words of explanation; they took in the situation 
at a glance, and, as if by instinct, they turned to Carroll. 
"What is to be done, Carroll?" 
"Well boys," he said quietly, " we must ride for our lives, and 
at once; it is certain death to stay here until daylight comes, 
provided we could do so ; come on !" 

Carroll rode a spirited, small bodied gray horse on his perilous 
journey, and the three men with him were as well mounted as 
himself. 

Carroll flung a blanket over little Gray's head and with th< 
rest following, their horses similarly hooded, led the way down to 
the western end of the valley. An immense fire had been kindled 
©n each side of the narrow opening of the gorge, the light of one 
meeting the light of the other in a fierce yellow glow, all appear- 
ing as if arched, brazen gates barred the entrance to the gorge 
through which lay the way to safety. 

Of course the central part of the valley was still wrapped in 



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darkness, and under cover of its friendly shadow Carroll was en- 
abled to lead little Gray almost down to the gorge. 

It was a moment and a scene to test the courage of the man. 
He must plunge through that light and ride for life down through 
a narrow pass lined with skulking foes. 

Carroll swung himself into the saddle, tore the blanket from 
his horses head, struck little Gray sharply with the spurs, and 
dropped low on the soft neck. 

As swiftly, as if borne by a winged creature, Carroll was carried 
from the v soft darkness into the ring of light. 

Dazzled and blinded, he was borne beneath the great arch ot 
flame, and then black shadows folded about him again as his horse's 
hoofs thundered down the hard bed of the gorge. He saw black 
forms crouch in astonished fear close to the rocky walls on either 
side, as this whirlwind flew by them, but danger and fire and savage 
foes shifted by like the phantom of a dream, and not until he drew 
rein in the wide western desert and looked back, did he realize the 
frightful peril he had escaped. 

A flood of thankfulness filled his soul, and with it came a 
prayer for the safety of the comrades behind him. 

Together they came, at a hard gallop, all unhurt, and as they 
caught up with Carroll, the terrible journey that they had begun, 
terrible from the fact that the four were utterly without food, 
the pack mules being left behind in their wild ride — seemed the 
thought uppermost in their minds. "Carroll," was the first 
question after they had joyfully greeted him— "Carroll, how are 
we going to get along until we get to Aurora?" 

"Well boys, we will ride on until morning— it is growing a 
little lighter now— and then we'll stop and let the horses feed and 
rest a little, and then ride as fast as possible until our horses tire, 
when the same thing must be done over again, and yet again, 
until we reach food and Aurora." 

The necessitous program thus concisely laid down was 
carried out in every detail. On the evening of the second day, 
with their belts tightened around them, as if to choke the fiend 



78 CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 

that was gnawing their vitals, and each man wondering, between 
paroxysms of hunger, if his face was as haggard and eyes as 
blood-shot as those of his neighbor, the little party staggered up 
a rocky gully in search of water. 

They foundit, and something else. " It's gold, boys," said Car- 
roll, eying the glittering outcrop ; " and if God permits us to reach 
Aurora we may all become rich men." 

They were permitted to reach Aurora, and a week afterward r 
when somewhat recovered from the effect of his terrible journey, 
Carroll met and was introduced to the president of the Heintzel- 
man mine, to whom Carroll made his report, the gentleman re- 
garded him with amazement. " My dear sir," he exclaimed won- 
deringly, " I cannot imagine thereason foryour beingsent on such 
a perilous, needless errand ; for Mr. Bradford knew at the time 
about the destruction of our works and the murder of its opera- 
tives. It surely was more than reprehensible in him." 

" Where is Mr. Bradford ?" inquired Carroll thoughtfully. " I 
cannot inform you, sir. He dissolved connection with the com- 
pany last week, and his whereabouts are now unknown," an- 
swered the other. 

Carroll courteously lifted his hat and turned away, but his 
heart was full of one thought in relation to Bradford, and that 
was: "Treachery." True to Carroll's prediction, the Golden 
Gulch, as it was named, was the source of a large fortune to its 
lucky finders. 

Carroll, oppressed by a vague fear which he could not shake 
off, soon sold out, and with a millionaires fortune, started for the 
"Eastern States. 

A small, plain, little sitting room, whose bright fire shone on 
the faces of its occupants — a white faced, black robed woman, 
clasping a child in her arms, and a blonde bearded, hazel eyed 
man, whose face -wore a look of well acted commiseration and 
sympathy toward one so nearly crushed by the evil tidings he had 
brought from the far west. 

"Mrs. Carroll — Nettie," he said softly, "the burden laid on 



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those slender shoulders is too heavy for you to bear. Believe me 
to be thoroughly at your service, and 

"Owen Bradford!" thundered a voice that sounded like the 
trump of doom in the ears of the guilty man, "you have poured 
falsehoods enough into my wife's shrinking ears during the last 
six weeks. Take your accursed presence away from here, if you 
would not have me tear you limb from limb !" 

As Owen Bradford went through the door, he saw Lionel 
Carroll catch his half fainting wife in his arms, saw the look of 
joy and love on her face as she threw her arms about his neck, 
then turning, he left the house, fully realizing that his dastardly 
scheme had failed, and only happiness and joy were the lot of the 
man whom he had sent through fire. 



HANGED BY A GHOST. 



In the year 1830 the confidential stewart of a wealthy settler 
near Sydney, Australia, stated that his master had suddenly been 
called to England on important business, and that during his 
absence the whole of his immense property would be his exclu- 
sive care. Some weeks after, an acquaintance of the absent settler 
riding through his grounds was astonished to see him sitting 
upon a stile. He strode forward to speak, when the figure turned 
from him with a look of intense sorrow and walked to the edge 
of a pond, where it mysteriously disappeared. On the morrow 
he brought a number of men to the water to drag it. And the 
body of the man supposed to be on his way to England was- 
brought up. The stewart was arrested, brought to trial, and 
frightened at the story of his master's ghost, confessed the crime,, 
stating that he did the murder at the very stile on which his- 
master's ghost had appeared. He was duty executed. 



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"ARE YOU GOING TO KISS ME?" 

If ever I go into a new locality again, says the correspondent 
of a Maine paper, I will study up my Geography better than I did 
this time, for my ignorance got me into a most uncomfortable 
position. As the boat neared Sanford I was standing with others 
on the deck when a very pretty young lady came up to me, and 
with a sweet smile on her face, looked into mine with a pair of 
lovely eyes, and asked, " Are you going toKissme, sir?" If some 
one had offered to lend me ten dollars I could not have been more 
surprised, and scarcely knowing what to say, and in order to gain 
a little time, I gasped out: " Pardon, Miss, what did you ask?" I 
felt that sheknewlheard her, but shesaid sweetly, " Areyougoing 
to Kissme to-night?" There was no misunderstanding her this 
time. I heard her and so did others, and I felt the blood rushing 
into my face, andl stammered out: " I would like to accommodate 
you Miss, I would, truly but I have a wife and thirteen children on 
board withme, and if my wife should see me kissing you' ' — ' ' Kissing 
me! You hateful old thing! who asked you to kiss me?" "You did," 
I yelled; "you asked me twice!" "You old fool! I asked you if you 
were going to Kissme City to-night, don't you know anything?" 
and off she went, and if anybody felt meaner than I did, I would 
like to exchange photographs with him. 



A FIGHT BETWEEN A DOG AND A SWAN. 

People who were passing the large basin in one of the public 
gardens in Paris, recently saw a violent combat between the 
swan, whose abode was on this water, and a Spaniel whom thirst 
had attracted to the spot. The dog had approached the water 
and wished to quench his thirst. The swan thought it his duty 
to prevent the intruder from drinking at his water. 



CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 81 

This contest had lasted about a quarter of an hour, when the 
dog, ashamed, as it seemed, of being thus beaten off by a bird, 
resolutely approached the brink, placed his two fore paws on the 
edge of the basin and with ears erect, and threatening teeth, de- 
fied the enemy. However a vigorous peck from the swan's bill 
sent him back bleeding on the grass. The Spaniel gets more angry 
and is determined to drink. He returns to the charge, dashing 
into the water, and s wimming bravely up to the swan in his own 
element. The swan maintains his ground. The dog dashes into 
the water. Foolish animal ! why did you not remain upon your 
own ground? 

With two blows from his strong wings, the swan rolled him 
over in the shallow water where he lay bruised and half stunned. 
Then, with his long, flexible strong neck, the swan encircled the 
vanquished Spaniel, squeezed him and trampled on him so much 
that, had not a spectator come to the rescue, the dog would cer- 
tainly have been killed. 

This conflict proves that naturalists are right as to the great 
strength of the swan, when he chooses to display it. 



A man from Columbus, Ohio, visited New York, went to church 
and seated himself without hesitation in the nearest pew. Soon 
the owner came in, eyed the stranger critically, and then writing 
u My Pew" on the fly leaf of a prayer book handed the book to the 
intruder. The Ohio man read the message, smole a beautiful smile, 
and wrote underneath, ''nice pew, what do you pay for it?" 
A cautious look around he stole, 

His bag of chink he chunck, 
And many a wicked smile he smole, 
And many a wink he wunk. 

If I was so unlucky as to have a stupid son, said an officer, I 
would certainly make him a parson. A clergyman who was in 
the company calmly replied, you think differently from your father. 



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Mr. Ebenezer Sweet was about to be joined in wedlock to Miss 

Jane Lemon, when the editor of the local paper perpetrated the 

following: > 

How happy in extremes do meet 

Here Jane and Ebenezer ; 
She is no longer sour, but sweet, 
And he's a lemon squeezer. 



A JACK OF ALL TRADES. 

Years ago, an English clergy man, hearing of a bishop of the 
Episcopal Church of America, as famous alike for Godliness and 
eloquence, went out of his way, during a tour in the United States , 
to see him. 

Coming to the town in which he resided, the traveler was- 
struck with the beauty of a Church that was nearly finished. Enter- 
ing an opened door, he observed a group of work-men in the chan- 
cel, and addressed one who seemed to be directing the others. 
' 'Bishop Blank resides here, I believe ?" " Yes." " Where is his pal- 
ace V ' ' * There, ' ' pointing to a plain brick dwelling across the street. 

The Englishman was perplexed, being used to the pomps of 

the Lord Bishop at home, who in their aprons and lawn sleeves 

hold an imposing place in the House of Peers. "Ah! now, this 

Church ! very good indeed — pure style, better then I hoped to see in 

America — whc? designed this stonework ?" "I did ' ' modestly replied 

the man. "The master mason, eh! Who was your architect?" "I 

was the architect too, " said the man smiling. " Indeed ! why, you 

are Jack of all trades. You will tell me you designed the windows 

next." "I did." The Englishman was amused. He chatted with 

the workman a little, finding him to be singularly modest and 

quiet in manner, but said at last , ' * I am going to pay my respects to 

the Bishop. At what hour will I probably be admitted?" "You 

will not find him at home now, I am the Bishop." Afterward the 

Englishman in telling the story, said, I learned to know and 

reverence him well after that; and I never knew a man so lacking 
self-esteem. Whenever in the canticle, I thank God for the holy 
and humble men of heart, I think of that American Bishop. 



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IN THEIE EIGHT PLACES. 

The Brewers should to Malta go, 

The Boobies all to Scilly ; 
The Quakers to the friendly Isles, 

The Furriers to Chili ; 
The little darling caroling babes, 

That break our nightly rest, 
Should be packed off to Baby-Ion, 

To Lapland or to Brest. 
From Spithead cooks go o'er to Greece, 
And while the miser waits 

His passage to the Guinea Coast, 
Spendthrifts are in the Straits. 

Let spinsters to the Needles go, 
Wine bibbers to Burgundy ; 

Send gourmands to the Sandwich Isles, 
Wags to the Bay of Fun-dy ; 

Bachelors to the United States, 
Maids to the Isle of Man ; 

Let gardeners go to Botany Bay, 
And shoeblacks to Japan ; 

Seek out all other misplaced men, 
Lest they disturb and vex us, 

And all who're not provided for, / 
And send them off to Texas. 



HE COULD HUG. 



"Oh! will he bite," exclaimed one of Brooklyn's sweetest girls, 
with a look of alarm, when she saw one ofthe dancing bears in the 
street the other day, " No," said the escort, "he cannot bite, he is 
muzzled; but he can hug!" "Oh!" she said with a distracting 
smile, " I don't mind that." 



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EDWIN FORBEST A^D WHITE CLOUD. , 

Many years ago while Edwin Forrest was playing an engage- 
ment in a western theatre, White Cloud, and a number of other 
Indian chiefs were on their return from Washington. Stopping 
in the town over night they were conducted to the theatre to see 
the great American tragedian. Mr. Forrest was then in the prime 
of life. The play on that evening was Metamora. White Cloud 
and his band of warriors were accommodated with seats in a 
stage box. The theatre was crowded and it was evident that the 
audience were anxious to observe what effect the performance 
would have on the children of the forest. The play proceeded and 
although the Indians could not understand a word that was said, 
yet they appeared much interested, occasionally giving to one 
another a satisfactory grunt. After awhile they became rather 
uneasy. 

This was more apparent when the Indian war whoop came 
from behind the scenes. The eyes of the audience were upon 
White Cloud, who two or three times grasped the tomahawk in 
his belt. The warriors did so likewise. The party were getting 
more excited as the play proceeded. They looked at each other 
with anxiety, their eyes indexed the fact that their souls were in 
arms. Presently Metamora, with uplifted tomahawk, rushed 
upon the stage, and when he gave the war whoop which none 
but a Forrest could give, the Indians could remain in their seats 
no longer. Forrest gave a second and a shriller whoop, where- 
upon White Cloud, and his band, joining in full chorus, sprang 
upon the stage, and brandishing their tomahawks and glittering 
knifes, rushed toward Metamora. 

Forrest was dumbfounded for a moment, but he soon took in 
the situation, and, finding that the real Indians were on his side, 
ready to do, or die in his behalf, he felt that he had achieved one 
of his greatest triumphs in the profession he loved so well during 
his eventful life. 



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In detailing this ancedote Forrest said that he was not really 
aware at the time of the performance that he was using an exact 
whoop for reinforcements, but the wild Indians understood it, and 
responded as followers of Metamora. 

The house was thrown into the wildest excitement, which 
soon cooled down with the general belief that it was the best per- 
formance and most effective rendition of the Indian play ever 
made by the distinguished actor. 



MOTHER WIT. 



One of Napoleon's veterans was wont to recount with great 
glee how he had once picked up the Emperor's hat at a review, when 
the Emperor,. not noticing that he was a private, said carelessly: 
1 ' Thank you, captain . " * ' In what regiment, sir ? ' ' instantly asked 
the ready witted soldier. 

Napoleon preceiving his mistake answered with a smile : " In 
my guard, for I see you know how to be prompt." 

The newly made officer received his commission next morning. 

A similar anecdote is related of Marshal SonvorafT, who when 
receiving a dispatch from the hands of a Russian Sergeant who had 
distinguished himself on the Danube, tried to confuse the messen- 
ger by a series of whimsical questions, but found him equal to the 
occasion. How many fish are there in the sea? asked SonvorafT. 

All that are not caught yet, was the answer. 

How far is it to the moon ? 

Two of your Excellency's forced marches. 

What would you do it you saw your men giving way in battle? 

I'd tell them there was a wagon load of whiskey just behind the 
enemies line. 

The Marshal ended with: What's the difference between your 
Colonel and myself? My Colonel can not make me a lieutenant but 
your Excellency has only to say the word. I say it now, then, an- 
swered SonvorafT, and a right good officer you'll be. 



86 CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 

BOOM AND ^OBK FOR ALL 

Somewhere in some dusky corner 

Qf the Poets busy brain, 
With a ceaseless measured music, 

Beats an old and wise refrain. 
Though a million eager claimants 

Crowd the ranks of duty's call, 
. Hold your chosen place undaunted — 

There is room and work for all ! 

If, amid the stress and tumult v 

Of the surging conflict, Life, 
Footsteps flag and hands grow weary 

Of the rude unequal strife; 
If the strong, in selfish seeking, 

Crowd the weaker to the wall, 
Hold your rightful place undaunted — 

There is room and work for all ! 

Oft the earnest striver, toiling, 

While the heavy load of care 
Crushes heart and hope and courage 

To the black verge of despair ; 
,, Lifts again the irksome burden 

That her tired hands let fall, 
Nerved anew by the assurance — 

There is room and work for all ! 

Ye who miss the chosen pathway, 
Still with patient diligence 

Seek some field, however lowly — 
Earn a worthy recompense. 

Do not fold your hands desponding, 
Lo ! the writing on the wall 

Was not meant for drones and idlers- 
There is room find work for all ! 



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When you strive with earnest purpose, 

When you build with careful skill, 
And the ruthless demon, failure, 

Thwarts your honest efforts, still 
Try again, sincere endeavor 

Wins regard, however small ; 
While industry holds the balance, 

There is room and work for all ! 

4i Luck " may set her place against you, 

Fickle fortune prove unkind ; 
But, howe'er the fates may use you 

Keep this maxim in your mind ; 
Till the heavens are rolled together, 

And the worlds foundations fall, 
There is place for honest labor — 

There is room and work for all ! 



ODD BITS OP LIFE. 



"€. Yanderbilt. " 

The man stood up in the municipal court as his name was called, 
says the Minneapolis Journal. He was a tramp. Just like anv ' 
other tramp who is middle-aged, ragged, slouchy, and dirty. But ; 
ke stood firmly, almost defiantly in the dock and looked the judge 
straight m the eye. 

" Yerhonor," said Officer Mulcahy, "Ifoundthemanwanderin' 
round the strate last night, an' he wouldn't give no account of his- | 
self. He warn't drunk, but I run him in on gineral principles. He 
didn't have no valuables except a 'snipe' and this," and Officer 
Mulcahy laid the object on the table in front of the judge. 

Only a baby's shoe ! 

W^orn and frayed it was, with the buttons missing and the 



88 CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 

lining torn. And yet there was an unusual quiet in the stuffy court 
room as the judge, with simulated sternness, looked down upon the 
prisoner and said : " Well what have you got to say for yourself?" 

The tramp turned to the judge with an appealing look. His 
fingers twitched convulsively and his lip trembled as he said : 

" That shoe, judge, tells the whole story. It's my baby's shoe, 
and it's all I have in the world. Let me tell you my story. Five 
years ago I was prosperous and happy. I had a good trade and 
steady work. I had the nicest little wife in the world and the pret- 
tiest little baby girl that ever came into the world to make it 
brighter and better. Fool that I was I did not appreciate my bless- 
ings. I thought it was smart and manly to go out with the boys 
and drink m}' glass and stand treat with the rest of them. Some- 
times I would come home drunk. My wife never complained, but 
there would be a look in her eye — oh, that I could tear it from my 
memory — and she grew pale and drooping, still uncomplaining. 

" One night I came home drunk — ' feeling good ' as I used to call 
it. My wife came to the door to let me in. She said nothing, but 
the tears came to her eyes as she saw the condition 1 was in. That 
enraged me and I swore at her. . The noise woke my little one and 
frightened her and she commenced to cry. Grasping her from her 
crib I tossed her high up to the ceiling, intending to catch her as she 
came down. I had forgotten that I was drunk, and I — I missed her. 
Down to the hard floor she fell with a crash and lay there without 
a motion, while the blood gushed from her nostrils. I had killed 
my child ! 

" My wife saw it all. From that moment she was a raving 
maniac. I stood horror-stricken and sobered for an instant, then 
rushed from the house. I never saw it again. I have become a 
wandering Jew ; I feel the red-hot brand upon my brow. I can not 
stay in one place. I can not work. I can not sleep. Oftentimes 
have I been tempted to drown my sorrows with the flowing bowl, 
but that little shoe has kept me from drink. That's all I've got to 
say, judge: do with me as you will." 

There was a suspicious moisture in the judge's eyes and Officer 



CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 89 

Mulcahy was blowing his nose vigorously on his big bandana. 

44 You can go. " 

C. Vanderbilt made tracks for the door, not forgetting to take 
the little relic of his sorrowful tale. When he got outside the door 
he made a suspicious gesture with his thumb and finger and mut- 
tered to himself: 

" I thought that yarn would fetch him. This 'ere shoe is meat 
and drink and liberty to me. Gets me anything I want. I'm glad 
the judge didn't ask me how I got the shoe when I left the house." 
And with a farewell flip of his fingers the tramp started for St. Paul. 



A SWEDE WHO WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN A DUEL. 

A correspondent of the Skenninge Posten relates an episode 
from Hanover in which a Swede played the principal part. It 
was at the technical high school in that city where engineer X. 
was pursuing some particular course of studies. Mr. X. was a 
giant in stature and possessed a giant's strength, but was so 
pious and docile that the German students had never seen his 
equal. He laughed at them when they engaged in duels. He 
laughed at them when they tried to vex him, and was in every 
way a very model of good nature. They tried to provoke him by as- 
serting that he was a coward, in fact the greatest coward that 
had ever attended the high school. Mr. X. only laughed. And 
when his fellow students suggested that a sound threshing would 
cure him of his timidity, he laughed heartier than ever. But one day 
some one got it into his head to abuse Mr. X's nationality. Mr. X's 
looks become stern, and as soon as the effects of the new sally be- 
came apparent everybody commenced to shout in chorus that the 
Swedes were the most cowardly people in the world. 

At this juncture Mr. X. issued a warning. That, however, had 
no effect. The students gathered about him and insisted that the 
Swedish kings were a set of faint hearted hares. Mr. X. selected 



90 CHOICE BITS OP MISCELLANY. 

the biggest one in the crowd and caused him to turn a few summer- 
saults in the room. That individual, amazed and blinded with 
rage gave X. a box on the ear, and then drew his sword. But now 
commenced a play which had not been looked for, and which is 
still fresh in the memory of many. Mr. X. whipped the whole crowd, 
about twenty in all— so severely that from that day the entire high 
school entertained the greatest respect for the Swedish giant, whose 
fists came near converting twenty students into sausage-meat. 
He was never afterward called a coward, and great deference was 
ever after shown the Swedish name, and the word" duel" was 
never again mentioned in his presence. 

Mr. X., however, was good natured and laughed as before. 



In former times, in the Scandinavian countries, the large wad- 
ing birds, called storks, frequently built their nests on the straw- 
roofs of barns and other untenanted buildings. In this they were 
rather encouraged than otherwise, as the peasants considered it 
a very propitious omen to have storks nest on their premises, 
and consequently took particular pains to avoid frightening the 
birds away. On one occasion, Dr. H., of Aalborg, had a stork's 
nest on the roof of one of his out-houses, which for several years 
was occupied by the same pair of birds. One spring, however, 
the female stork arrived alone, but shortly afterwards a male 
bird appeared and the two soon agreed to remain with each 
other. They would go out and gather food, sometimes together, 
but more frequently separated and in different directions. Fin- 
ally the female began to lay eggs and everything appeared to go 
on lovely. But one morning a terrible noise was heard to pro- 
ceed from the stork's nest. Another male bird had arrived, this 
time the old mate of the female; he had come to take possession 
of his old home and family. A terrible fight ensued between the 
two male birds, so severe, indeed that the blood fairly flowed 
down the roof. After the battle the lately arrived male was seen 



CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 91 

to fly away, but he soon returned, accompanied by a large num- 
ber of other storks, who pounced down upon the stork in posses- 
sion of the nest, killed him and rolled his body down on the 
ground, whereupon the late-comer took charge of the nest and 
made himself at home as in days gone by. 

Another incident relating to the peculiarities of these birds 
comes from Rev. N. in the village of S . The minister's chil- 
dren had been out playing in the adjoining meadow and had 
there discovered a bird's nest with a large egg in it, round as a 
ball. The egg was taken home and shown to the minister, who 
became very indignant upon learning of his children's robbing a 
bird's nest. And as there was at the time no setting hen or duck 
on the premises, the minister ordered the hired man to crawl up 
on the barn-roof, and place the egg in a stork's nest which had 
been built there. The incident was soon forgotten; but one 
morning the storks were making an unusually loud noise over their 
nests, and they kept up the angry parleying for a long time, when 
suddenly the male bird flew away, apparently in a very ugly 
frame of mind. Soon he jjeturned with four or five other storks, 
who also appeared very angry. These at once pounced upon the 
female bird and pecked her to death, where upon all the 
storks flew off together. Upon an examination being made of 
the nest it was found that a young owl had been hatched out 
from the round egg which had been placed there by the hired man, 
and that this little alien was the cause of the rage exhibited by 
the other storks. The mother bird had to pay with her life for 
her suspected perfidy. 



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ORIGIN OF BOCK BEER. 

A HARROWING TALE OF A FEUDAL LORD, DARK BEER AND A GOAT. 

The reputed origin of bock beer has been preserved in various 
legends which are current throughout Germany. At the town of 
Nuremberg, in the spring of a certain year during the feudal ages, 
an Easter Church fair was being held, which was participated in 
not only by the townsfolk but by people from all the countryside 
as well. There came riding into town a feudal Lord of great re- 
nown, who brought with him from Munich a quantity of light 
beer, which he praised very much. At the fair the people were 
drinking a dark beer, which the Lord looked upon with disdain. 

After much discussion upon the relative merits of the light and 
dark beers a wager was laid, to be decided the following year 
when fair time should come around again. Each* side was to 
brew a quantity of its favorite beer, and by a practical test it 
was to be ascertained how many mugs of each could be drank 
before making the drinker drunk. The beer that would make a 
man drunk first was to be awarded the palm. 

At the next Easter fair the contestants sat down together in 
the presence of a vast concourse to decide the wager, the Lord 
drinking the dark-brown beer of the town and one cf the lustiest 
of the Nuremberger's drinking the Lord's light beer. A citizen 
kept tally of the number of mugs emptied by each. The Lord 
soon became hilarious and was finally exalted to a state of roar- 
ing intoxication long before his rival began to feel the effects of 
the light beer. Accordingly the dark ]?eer was declared the win- 
ner of the contest and the townspeople sung the praises of their 
favorite beverage. While the people were still assembled a young 
goat, which is known in Germany as a buck or bock, broke into 
the space where the drinkers were sitting and rushing between 
the legs of the befuddled Lord threw him flat on his back, where, 
such was his condition, he was compelled to lie till he was picked 



CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 93 

up. From this circumstance comes the name of the dark-brown 
beer which still comes at Easter time. 

Another legend is to the effect that the Jesuit monks were ac- 
customed to hold a feast in the spring, at which they slaughtered 
a young goat or bock. To drink with this they brewed a dark, 
sweet beer which was considered a delicacy and which, when it 
became known outside of the monasteries, was hailed with de- 
light by the people, and under the name of bock beer became an 
established institution. 



When I first visited the now famous springs of Montana, dis- 
tant three miles or less from Helena, though it was only thirteen 
years ago, I could not, by the widest stretch of fane}', have 
imagined that at this date one of the handsomest summer resort 
hotels on the continent would occupy the site of a coyote camp. 

Yet the Hotel Broadwater is handsomer in finish, more com- 
plete in design and more beautiful in location than the best in five 
hundred of kindred resorts to the east and south. Why, just to 
think of porcelain bath tubs costing hundreds of dollars each in 
Chicago, of the two faucets in every room, one giving water at a 
temperature of 160 degrees, the other fluid as cold as the snow- 
caps covering the mountains which circle around this spot blessed 
by nature — water heated and cooled in the great receptacle of 
mother earth, remember. Then the big tank, with such a flow 
from the spring pipes that every one of 200 guests can be assured 
of 1,500 gallons to himself, though the whole 200 bathed at once. 
The hot water has a slightly sulphurous and not at all unpleasant 
taste, and careful analysis has shown that it almost exactly re- 
sembles in composition the waters of the famous springs in 
Arkansas. One spring shows traces of lithium, which will make 
i: er:>2?lally valuable for certain disorders. 



94 CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OLD MAN IN A SWELL 
BARBER SHOP. 

Any one could see by the old man's manner, as tie entered the 
elegantly appointed city barber shop, that he was a little taken 
back by the splendor of the place. He hesitated just inside the 
door and glanced around in a bewildered way at the dazzling 
decorations, the marble floors, the rows of chairs and mirrors and 
white jacketed barbers, and when a porter took his valise and hat 
and hustled them away to the other side of the room his eyes fol- 
lowed them with an anxious and startled gaze, until he saw that 
they were properly cared for. Then he looked around and saw- 
that half a dozen barbers had taken positions by as many va- 
cant chairs and stood ready to tackle him. 

"Where shall I set? " he asked. 

"Take any chair, sir," said an attendant, and the old man got 
into the one nearest him and settled back with a solemn expres- 
sion of countenance, as though he had begun to wonder what this 
thing was going to cost. 

"Shave or hair cut? " asked the barber. 

"Well, I did want both," answered the old man in a voice 
which might indicate that he was uncertain whether he still 
wanted both or not. 

"All right, sir, I'll cut your hair first," and adjusting his chair 
the barber tucked cloths around the old man's neck and com- 
menced operations. 

"How'll you have it cut, sir? " he asked. 

"Hey?" 

"How'll you have it cut this time ?," 

"How?" 

" Yes, want it short .?," 

"Wul, yes," answered the old man, as though it would have 
been a healthy idea to have it cut long. 

44 Neck shaved?" asked the barber, after he had been clipping 
for a while. 



CHOICE BITS OF MISCELLANY. 95 

41 Hey? 

" Will you have jour neck shaved ?" 

"Well, you're goin' ter shave my face, aint yer? I aint particu- 
lar either way about my neck; shave it if yer wanter, though."' 

" Straight down, I suppose ? " 

" 0, straight's yer can ; I ain't perticular." 

" Shampoo ? " asked the barber a moment later. 

"Hey?" 

"Will you have a head wash?" 

" Wul, I guess so; yes wash it out." 

" Stand !" called the barber, and an assistant went over and 
placed a seat and towels beside the marble basin and then put a 
couple of eggs on a shelf in front of the barber's chair. 

"Hard biled eggs for lunch?" asked the old man, who had be- 
gun to feel a little more at home. 

"No," answered the barber; "those are raw eggs for the sham- 
poo." 

"Does he eat 'em raw?" 

"Who?" 

"The shampoo." 

The gentlemanly barber explained that the eggs were for the 
head wash ; that they were very much better than the prepared 
stuff for that purpose ; made the hair nice and soft, and had no 
bad effect on the scalp. Then he took one of the eggs, tapped it 
gently on the corner of the shelf, picked a little hole in the end of 
it and began to pour out the contents slowly on the old man's head. 

"Hold on there! Hold on!" exclaimed the old gentleman ex- 
citedly, sitting up straight. "I guess this thing's gone 'bout fur 
enough now. It's all right ter be askin' me fool questions about 
whether I want m' hair cut short er long, 'n' whether I want nr 
neck shaved V m' head washed. It's all right ter try an' make a 
fool of an old man in that way ef yer wanter, but by gosh ! ef yer 
think you're goin' ter send me out o'here 'th m' hair all stuck up 
with aig — How much do I owe yer?" he asked, standing up and 
trying to pull the cloths from around his neck. 



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The proprietor of the shop labored a long time to convince 
the old man that they had not been making game of him, but it 
was not until a good natured customer in one of the chairs or- 
dered an Ggg shampoo and allowed the eggs to be poured into 
his hair that the old gentleman became satisfied. Then he meekly 
climbed back into the chair and told the barber to go ahead. 

The barber rubbed and rubbed and worked up a lather, led 
the old man like a lamb over to the basin, squirted hot and cold 
water over his head and into his ears, led him back to the chair, 
shaved him, spatted him with wet towels, molded and kneaded 
his face, dug out his ears, oiled his hair and combed it barber 
style; and through it all the old man never opened his mouth or 
tittered a sound ; but when the boy had slapped him all over 
with a whisk broom, and he had paid his bill of nintey cents and 
walked solemnly out, it was apparent that he was doing a heap 
of thinking. 

A CUTE DEAD-HEAD. 

San Francisco Examiner: "Talking about free passes," said 
Mart Henley, who is the manager of Ned Harrigan, "I was once 
worked in the cutest way imaginable. A fellow came to me and 
represented that he was the dramatic, critic of a leading news- 
paper. I was sure he did not tell the truth, and to get rid of him 
said the paper had been abusing our show, and could not get 
any passes. 

"'Oh, that is all right,' he replied, I've been away. I'll fix 
that and give you a good send-off. ' " 

" The next day he came to me with a copy of the paper con- 
taining a fine puff for our show. I looked the article over and 
gave him a box. When I told Ned of it he said : " i That's funny. 
I saw the paper to-day and it roasted us. ' 

"I told Ned he was mistaken, and we made a bet on it. I 
got the paper the fellow had left me, and there was the article. 
Ned got another copy of the paper, and the roasting it gave us 
was awful. How did it happen? Well, the fellow was a printer 
on the paper. He had setup a puff, taken proof of it, and pasted it 
so neatly over the abusive article that I did not detect it at first " 



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